The first article in Volume 1 (‘Phones on the move’) informed readers that ‘Plans are afoot to set up systems for “universal personal communication” throughout Europe, so that each of us can have a communicator…small enough to fit in a pocket’. Then the only truly mobile telephones were so large and heavy they had to be transported in vehicles (1), but the author predicted correctly that ‘personal communications for everyone could be achieved within a decade or two’ and could ‘transform the lives of all of us’ (2). What further transformation in communications can we expect over the next quarter century?
Another article in the first issue (‘The Antarctic ozone hole’) discussed the discovery of a depletion of the ozone layer and noted that our understanding of the atmosphere was far from complete. Amid concerns that a loss of ozone would expose Earth to higher levels of ultraviolet radiation, an international agreement (the Montreal Protocol) aimed to reduce the production of chlorof luorocarbons (CFCs), which were causing the damage (3).
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