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Fast Action to Cut HFCs Avoids Up to 0.5°C of Warming by End of Century
Description: A new study calculates that replacing chemicals widely used as refrigerants and propellants with alternatives can avoid up to 0.5° C (0.9° F) of warming by 2100. Scientist's calculations show that controlling hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) growth can avoid a significant amount of warming in this century, at least comparable to 50 percent of CO2 mitigation by 2100. HFCs are a small contributor to global warming today, but they are the fastest-growing greenhouse gas in many countries. [Source: Scripps Institution of Oceanography]
URL: https://scripps.ucsd.edu/news/12973
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Source: Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Publish Date: 6/26/2013
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