Published in Nature, Sherwood Rowland and Mario Molina's research linked CFCs to the depletion of Earth's ozone layer. Initially utilized for their stability and nontoxic properties, CFCs were ...

Most ozone-depleting substances also contribute to global warming. By reining in these substances and protecting carbon sinks ...

Previously, many believed that primary chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) were responsible for the depletion of ozone in Earth’s atmosphere. The discovery of the Antarctic ozone hole did prove that CFCs ...

Humans have been depleting the ozone layer with chemical products. The unintentional experiment started in the late 1920s, when Thomas Midgley and other industrial chemists began to produce ...

Nov. 21, 2023 — Despite public perception, the Antarctic ozone hole has been remarkably massive and long-lived over the past four years; researchers believe chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs ...

The mechanism of ozone destruction by iodine is similar to the process by which chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) created the "ozone hole" over Antarctica. When CFCs undergo photolysis, they release ...

From the mid-1970s, chemicals called chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) — once widely used in aerosols and refrigerators — were found to be reducing ozone levels, creating annual holes largely over ...

In contrast to chemicals containing chlorine and bromine, nitrogen oxides destroy ozone globally between 25 and 35 km. Nitrous oxide behaves in a similar way to chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs): it is ...

Tim Wallington (Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, Mich.): "Recognition of the adverse impact of chlorofluoro-carbons (CFCs) on stratospheric ozone has prompted an international effort to replace CFCs with ...

The mechanism of ozone destruction by iodine is similar to the process by which chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) created the ozone hole over Antarctica. When CFCs undergo photolysis, they release ...