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Article: Ultraviolet levels climb in Swiss Alps.
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- April 14, 1990
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Ultraviolet levels climb in Swiss Alps
Measurements made in the crisp air of the Swiss Alps indicate that levels of ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation there have increased during the last decade, apparently due to a thinning of the stratospheric ozone layer. Scientists still cannot say whether UV-B is increasing in urban areas in Europe or the United States. In fact, one study has suggested that ozone pollution in cities may actually overcompensate for ozone loss in the stratosphere.
But at a remote research station high in the Alps, UV-B climbed by 0.5 to 1 percent per year between 1981 and 1989, report Mario Blumthaler and Walter Ambach of Austria's ...