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NASA study: First direct proof of Ozone hole recovery due to chemicals ban

NASA study: First direct proof of Ozone hole recovery due to chemicals ban

Jan 08, 2018, at 02:29 pm

Washington, Jan 8 (IBNS): Measurements show that the decline in chlorine, resulting from an international ban on chlorine-containing manmade chemicals called chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), has resulted in about 20 percent less ozone depletion during the Antarctic winter than there was in 2005 — the first year that measurements of chlorine and ozone during the Antarctic winter were made by NASA’s Aura satellite.