Greenhouse Earth Annika Nilsson Climate change has become one of the major issues on the international environmental agenda. Predictions of a rising sea and devastating droughts have alerted politicians worldwide to the risks of continued increases in the emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.

Most ozone performs a vital role in the stratosphere, acting as a protective layer for life on Earth. This text examines the effects of increasing UV radiation on people, plants and animals. It takes the reader on a journey from the Antarctic ozone hole to the Arctic birch forest, to see how plants and microbes will fare against increasing UV radiation. We know the dangers for skin cancer, but this book also raises questions about the evolution of our immune system and uncovers scientific controversy in the discussion of eye disease.