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Robert de Zafra, Who Made Key Findings on Ozone, Dies at 85
Description: Robert L. de Zafra, a physicist who helped confirm that the chemicals in some aerosols and refrigerants were responsible for the expanding ozone hole over Antarctica, died in Stony Brook, N.Y. He was 85. Dr. de Zafra and other researchers were able to confirm that chlorofluorocarbons, used in refrigerants and as propellants in aerosol cans, were causing chemical reactions in the atmosphere that depleted ozone. [Source: N.Y. Times]
URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/22/obituaries/robert-de-zafra-who-made-key-findings-on-ozone-dies-at-85.html
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Source: N.Y. Times
Publish Date: 10/26/2017
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