Unfinished business after five decades of ozone-layer science and policy

The Montreal Protocol has begun to heal the Antarctic ozone hole and avoided more global warming than any other treaty. Still, recent research shows that new unexpected emissions of several chlorofluorocarbons, carbon tetrachloride, and hydrofluorocarbons, are undermining the Protocol’s success. It...

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Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Solomon, Susan, Alcamo, Joseph, Ravishankara, A. R.
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
Subjects:
Comment
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7450078/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32848157
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18052-0
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Summary:The Montreal Protocol has begun to heal the Antarctic ozone hole and avoided more global warming than any other treaty. Still, recent research shows that new unexpected emissions of several chlorofluorocarbons, carbon tetrachloride, and hydrofluorocarbons, are undermining the Protocol’s success. It is time for policymakers to plug the holes in the ozone hole treaty.

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