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Stopping an environmental disaster before it's too late
Description: In 1974, two experts in atmospheric chemistry, made international headlines with their discovery that the widespread use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in aerosol spray cans was destroying the Earth's ozone layer, the shield that protects us from harmful ultraviolet radiation. Their research galvanized the world into action, and today, the hole in the ozone is healing. [Source: University of California]
URL: https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/stopping-environmental-disaster
Availability: Full Text
Source: University of California
Publish Date: 4/19/2018
Reading Level: Basic
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