News tagged with atmospheric chlorine
Study finds unprecedented Arctic ozone loss
(PhysOrg.com) -- A NASA-led study has documented an unprecedented depletion of Earth's protective ozone layer above the Arctic last winter and spring caused by an unusually prolonged period of extremely low ...
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Oct 02, 2011 |
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Wintertime air chemistry to be studied
NOAA scientists and their colleagues from Boulder, Colo., and across the country have gathered in Erie, Colo., for a month-long study of the chemistry of the wintertime atmosphere, which they hope will shed ...
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Mar 02, 2011 |
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Asteroid strike into ocean could deplete ozone layer
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in Texas say if a medium-sized asteroid were to crash into the ocean the ozone layer could be depleted, allowing high levels of ultraviolet radiation to reach the surface.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 27, 2010 |
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New discovery could pave the way for identification of rogue CFC release
A new discovery by scientists at the Universities of East Anglia and Frankfurt could make it possible in future to identify the source of banned CFCs that are probably still being released into the atmosphere.
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Sep 02, 2010 |
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As air pollution from fracking rises, EPA to set rules
The rush to capture natural gas from hydraulic fracturing has led to giant compressor stations alongside backyard swing sets, drilling rigs in sight of front porches, and huge flares at gas wells alongside country roads.
Apr 17, 2012 |
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Superconducting submillimeter-wave limb-emission sounder (SMILES)
The Superconducting Submillimeter-Wave Limb-Emission Sounder (SMILES) is the first onboard mechanically cooled superconducting mixer and high-resolution system for measuring atmospheric minor constituents ...
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Apr 09, 2012 |
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Safer air-conditioner refrigerant helps reverse rapid ozone-layer losses of past decades
If the approaching summer has you calling for an air-conditioning repair, you'll have a personal experience with one of the world's most successful global environmental efforts.
Apr 04, 2012 |
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Protecting the climate by reducing fluorinated greenhouse gas emissions
Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which have been used in recent years in increasing quantities as substitutes for CFCs, are also climatically very active and many are also extremely long-lived. In the renowned journal Science an int ...
Feb 24, 2012 |
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Low temperatures enhance ozone degradation above the Arctic
Extraordinarily cold temperatures in the winter of 2010/2011 caused the most massive destruction of the ozone layer above the Arctic so far: The mechanisms leading to the first ozone hole above the North Pole ...
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Jan 19, 2012 |
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Could Siberian volcanism have caused the Earth's largest extinction event?
Around 250 million years ago, at the end of the Permian geologic period, there was a mass extinction so severe that it remains the most traumatic known species die-off in Earth's history. Although the cause ...
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Jan 09, 2012 |
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‘Fingerprinting’ method tracks mercury emissions from coal-fired power plant
(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, the chemical "fingerprints" of the element mercury have been used by University of Michigan researchers to directly link environmental pollution to a specific coal-burning ...
Dec 16, 2011 |
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GLORIA: Unique climate research experiment worldwide
Precise measurements of the atmosphere are indispensable for predictions of climate change and its impacts, as is currently being discussed at the climate change conference in Durban. A group of researchers ...
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Dec 06, 2011 |
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Ozone depletion a bigger deal down under
The Earth's thinning ozone layer is synonymous with a singing and dancing seagull named Sid -- at least it is in New Zealand and Australia.
Oct 21, 2011 |
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Jury still out on whether the Arctic ozone hole is an exception
Last winter, an unprecedented ozone hole appeared above the Arctic, five times the size of Germany. For ETH-Zurich professor Thomas Peter, the recently published study comes as no surprise. But it does raise ...
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Oct 12, 2011 |
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