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Review : Blind sheep

1 March 1997

Do Patagonian sheep need sunglasses? From coral bleaching to carcinomas, snow
blindness to scares about sheep, Annika Nilsson’s Ultraviolet Reflections: Life
Under the Thinning Ozone Layer (John Wiley, £17.99, ISBN 0 471 95843 3) is
thoughtful, honest, popular science writing about the risks the world runs. And
yes, sheep may safely gaze.

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