The Ozone Hole’s Earliest Cause Wasn’t CFCs After All

Scientists discovered the ozone hole in 1985, but if they'd had the atmospheric monitoring capabilities of today, they could ...

Ozone loss was a thing even before CFCs were widely used

The ban on ozone-depleting substances that successfully reversed the growth of the hole in the ozone layer isn’t seen as a ...

Scientists say ozone loss could have been spotted in the 1950s, because today’s layered satellite tools reveal that industrial chemicals were already thinning the atm…

Research indicates that industrial chemicals like carbon tetrachloride could have shown detectable ozone loss years before ...

Ozone depletion began decades before discovery of ozone hole, scientists find

The Antarctic ozone hole was discovered in 1985, when scientists observed a severe depletion in Earth's protective layer of ...
Phys.org

Ozone-depleting CFCs detected in historical measurements—20 years earlier than previously known

An international research team led by the University of Bremen has detected chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in Earth's atmosphere for the first time in historical measurements from 1951—20 years earlier ...
Science Daily

Global warming caused by CFCs, not carbon dioxide, researcher claims in controversial study

Chlorofluorocarbons are to blame for global warming since the 1970s and not carbon dioxide, a researcher claims in a controversial new study. CFCs are already known to deplete ozone, but in-depth ...
The Conversation

Are CFCs responsible for global warming?

A recent report says CFCs, not carbon dioxide, are the culprit in climate change. weegeeboard/Flickr On Monday, a report appeared in the Australian claiming a link between chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) in ...
Science Daily

Count of new CFCs in the atmosphere rises from four to seven

Two new chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and one new hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) have been found in the atmosphere by a group of scientists. Scientists made the discovery by comparing today's air samples ...