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Roundup: Protecting ozone layer remains tough task
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September 16, 2002
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Roundup: Protecting ozone layer remains tough task
by Wang Jingzhong
NAIROBI, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- As the world observes the
International Ozone Day on Monday, leading ozone scientists of
theworld warned that despite good signs of recovery, the ozone layer
will remain particularly vulnerable during the next decade or so,
even if countries comply with the international agreements to protect
it.
"New data show levels of ozone-depleting gases in the
stratosphere, or upper atmosphere, are now at or near their
peak,"said scientists in a report released here on Monday by the
United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and World Meteorological
Organization.
As a consequence, the scientists believe ...