Well, lets clear up one thing- the radiation increase would only be more energetic particles- so delberts suggestion that people wear sunscreen wouldnt really help. I can attest to the fact that increased UV radiation damages plants... There is a plant on the slopes of Mauna Kea that sends up a long stalk of primative looking flowers.... as you go further up the UV levels increase and the stalks become more and more misshapen.. at the summit the ONLY plant life you see are a few small sickly tufts of grass that have clung in the cracks on the edge of the road...There is only one creature native to the summit- a tiny bug that feeds on bugs blown up onto the summit. It is called the WeKiu (sp?) bug...
Every year we have a problem with annoying black flies getting blown up to the summit- they survive a few days but eventually die.
Sometimes mice hitch a ride to the summit- They dont live long...