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A change in ozone concentration is something that was not foreseen, and there was no prediction from the scientific point of view in the beginning. Only later we recognised the dramatic role of human activity.
This text was first published as: Paul J. Crutzen, 2012: “Climate, Atmospheric Chemistryand Biogenic Processes in the Anthropocene”, in: Kant. H.; Reinhardt, C. (eds.): 100 Jahre Kaiser-Wilhelm-/Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie (Otto-Hahn-Institut): Facetten seiner Geschichte, Veröffentlichungen aus dem Archiv der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Vol. 22 (Berlin: MPG): 241–249. No permission was needed by this MPG text.
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Crutzen, P.J. (2021). Climate, Atmospheric Chemistry and Biogenic Processes in the Anthropocene (2012). In: Benner, S., Lax, G., Crutzen, P.J., Pöschl, U., Lelieveld, J., Brauch, H.G. (eds) Paul J. Crutzen and the Anthropocene: A New Epoch in Earth’s History. The Anthropocene: Politik—Economics—Society—Science, vol 1. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82202-6_15
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