News tagged with chlorine compounds

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 ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Missing piece inspires new look at Mars puzzle

(PhysOrg.com) -- Experiments prompted by a 2008 surprise from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander suggest that soil examined by NASA's Viking Mars landers in 1976 may have contained carbon-based chemical building blocks ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 03, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (18) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

NASA Study Sheds Light on Ozone Hole Chemistry

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new NASA study of Earth's polar ozone layer reinforces scientists' understanding of how human-produced chlorine chemicals involved in the destruction of ozone interact with each other.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 29, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Open Lid Reveals Mercury

(PhysOrg.com) -- Mercury, the silvery liquid formerly used in thermometers, is now known to be highly toxic. The worst of the toxins are organic mercury compounds, such as methylmercury. Most previous analytical procedures ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 1

Chemists discover ozone-boosting reaction

(PhysOrg.com) -- Burning of fossil fuels pumps chemicals into the air that react on surfaces such as buildings and roads to create photochemical smog-forming chlorine atoms, UC Irvine scientists report in ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0