The increasing threat to stratospheric ozone from dichloromethane
Chlorine-containing species deplete stratospheric ozone and while chlorofluorocarbons have been drastically reduced, dichloromethane concentrations have recently increased rapidly. Hossainiet al. show that continued growth at this rate could result in important delays to Antarctic ozone recovery.
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2017-06-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15962 |