Ozone killer confounds expectations

Atmospheric concentrations of an ozone-destroying chemical called halon-1211 have risen at a surprisingly rapid rate over the past decade.

Further Readings:

Information on the Montreal Protocol is available at http://www.unep.ch/ozone/.

Sources:

Paul Fraser
CSIRO Atmospheric Research Organisation
Private Mail Bag #1
3195 Aspendale, Victoria
Australia

Stephen A. Montzka
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
325 Broadway
Boulder, CO 80303-3328

From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 14, April 3, 1999, p. 223. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.

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