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Unexpected Ozone Loss Observed above United States
Description: A team of scientists have announced the discovery of a serious and wholly unexpected ozone loss over the United States in summer. The finding is startling because the complex atmospheric chemistry that destroys ozone has previously been thought to occur only at very cold temperatures over polar regions where there is very little threat to humans. The discovery also links-for the first time-ozone loss (an issue around which world leaders successfully organized to ban CFCs) to climate change (a global problem that has so far proven politically intractable). [Source: Harvard Magazine]
URL: http://harvardmagazine.com/2012/07/ozone-destruction
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Source: Harvard Magazine
Publish Date: 7/26/2012
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