Environmental Woes of Tierra del Fuego -- Ozone Depletion

Utah State University biologist Matt Robson, right, and assistant Nico Garibaldi stretch a mylar filter for ultraviolet-B radiation across a plot of peat bog in Tierra del Fuego National Park. Robson and colleagues are studying the effects of higher ultraviolet radiation levels on the local plant life by measuring minute changes in the growth and decay rates of plants in bogs, forests and brush lands.

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Utah State University biologist Matt Robson, right, and assistant Nico Garibaldi stretch a mylar filter for ultraviolet-B radiation across a plot of peat bog in Tierra del Fuego National Park. Robson and colleagues are studying the effects of higher ultraviolet radiation levels on the local plant life by measuring minute changes in the growth and decay rates of plants in bogs, forests and brush lands.