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ReviewPhotochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology2020

Environmental effects of stratospheric ozone depletion, UV radiation and interactions with climate change: UNEP Environmental Effects Assessment Panel, update 2019.

G H Bernhard, R E Neale, P W Barnes, P J Neale, R G Zepp, S R Wilson, A L Andrady, A F Bais, R L McKenzie, P J Aucamp and 32 more

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Review in Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
39citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 121 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. The effects of exposure to solar radiation on human health.Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology · 2023
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  20. Interactive effects of changes in UV radiation and climate on terrestrial ecosystems, biogeochemical cycles, and feedbacks to the climate system.Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

42 authors at 20 institutions in 17 countries.

G H BernhardBiospherical Instruments Inc., San Diego, California, USA.
R E NealePopulation Health Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia.
P W BarnesBiological Sciences and Environment Program, Loyola University, New Orleans, USA.
P J NealeSmithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, Maryland, USA.
R G ZeppUnited States Environmental Protection Agency, Athens, Georgia, USA.
S R WilsonSchool of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia.
A L AndradyDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
A F BaisDepartment of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
R L McKenzieNational Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research, Lauder, Central Otago, New Zealand.
P J AucampPtersa Environmental Consultants, Faerie Glen, South Africa.
P J YoungLancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK.
J B LileyNational Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research, Lauder, Central Otago, New Zealand.
R M LucasNational Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
S YazarGarvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Australia.
L E RhodesFaculty of Biology Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, and Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester, UK.
S N ByrneSchool of Medical Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
L M HollesteinErasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Manchester, The Netherlands.
C M OlsenPopulation Health Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia.
A R YoungSt John's Institute of Dermatology, King's College, London, London, UK.
T M RobsonOrganismal & Evolutionary Biology, Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
J F BornmanFood Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia. Janet.Bornman@Murdoch.edu.au.
M A K JansenSchool of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
S A RobinsonCentre for Sustainable Ecosystem Solutions, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia.
C L BallaréFaculty of Agronomy and IFEVA-CONICET, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
C E WilliamsonDepartment of Biology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA.
K C RoseDepartment of Biological Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA.
A T BanaszakUnidad Académica de Sistemas Arrecifales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Puerto Morelos, Mexico.
D -P HäderDepartment of Biology, Friedrich-Alexander University, Möhrendorf, Germany.
S HylanderCentre for Ecology and Evolution in Microbial Model Systems, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden.
S -Å WängbergDepartment of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
A T AustinFaculty of Agronomy and IFEVA-CONICET, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
W -C HouDepartment of Environmental Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan, China.
N D PaulLancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK.
S MadronichNational Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
B SulzbergerSwiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland.
K R SolomonCentre for Toxicology, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada.
H LiInstitute of Atmospheric Environment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China.
T SchikowskiResearch Group of Environmental Epidemiology, Leibniz Institute of Environmental Medicine, Düsseldorf, Germany.
J LongstrethInstitute for Global Risk Research, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
K K PandeyInstitute of Wood Science and Technology, Bengaluru, India.
A M HeikkiläFinnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland.
C C White, 5409 Mohican Rd, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Lancaster University · GBNational Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research · NZQIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute · AUUniversity of Wollongong · AUAgricultural Plant Physiology and Ecology Research Institute · ARAristotle University of Thessaloniki · GRAustralian National University · AUBiospherical Instruments (United States) · USChinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences · CNConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas · AREnvironmental Protection Agency · USErasmus MC · NLFinnish Meteorological Institute · FIGarvan Institute of Medical Research · AUInstitute of Wood Science and Technology · INKing's College London · GBLeibniz Institute of Environmental Medicine · DELinnaeus University · SELoyola University New Orleans · USMiami University · US

Funding

Intramural EPA EPA999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This assessment, by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Environmental Effects Assessment Panel (EEAP), one of three Panels informing the Parties to the Montreal Protocol, provides an update, since our previous extensive assessment (Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2019, 18, 595-828), of recent findings of current and projected interactive environmental effects of ultraviolet (UV) radiation, stratospheric ozone, and climate change. These effects include those on human health, air quality, terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, biogeochemical cycles, and materials used in construction and other services. The present update evaluates further evidence of the consequences of human activity on climate change that are altering the exposure of organisms and ecosystems to UV radiation. This in turn reveals the interactive effects of many climate change factors with UV radiation that have implications for the atmosphere, feedbacks, contaminant fate and transport, organismal responses, and many outdoor materials including plastics, wood, and fabrics. The universal ratification of the Montreal Protocol, signed by 197 countries, has led to the regulation and phase-out of chemicals that deplete the stratospheric ozone layer. Although this treaty has had unprecedented success in protecting the ozone layer, and hence all life on Earth from damaging UV radiation, it is also making a substantial contribution to reducing climate warming because many of the chemicals under this treaty are greenhouse gases.

Indexed as

Climate ChangeStratospheric OzoneUltraviolet RaysEnvironmental HealthHumansMicroplasticsUnited NationsMicroplasticsStratospheric Ozone

Identifiers

PMID32364555
PMCPMC7442302
OpenAlexW4211115699

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