Scientists discover the source of new CFC emissions

Scientists discover the source of new CFC emissions: Since 2013, annual emissions of a banned chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) have increased by around 7,000 tonnes from eastern China, according to new research published in Nature today by an international team of scientists from the UK, South Korea, Japan, USA, Australia and Switzerland.
(News Release, EurekAlert!; 22 May 2019)


Simulated Atmospheric Transport of CFC-11 (IMAGE)
[University of Bristol/EurekAlert!]
https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/201293.php?from=430289


Also...


Rogue chemicals threaten positive prognosis for ozone hole
(Jeremy REHM, Nature; 02 November 2018)
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07269-1


Ozone Recovery Projection, 1960 - 2100 (NASA; 2015)File:Ozone hole recovery.jpg


Event:


China to host World Environment Day 2019 on air pollution
(Press Release, UN Environment Programme; 15 March 2019)
https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/press-release/china-host-world-environment-day-2019-air-pollution

Website:


China Environment - Environmental Policy Reform; Winter 2019
(Asia Society)
https://chinadashboard.asiasociety.org/winter-2019/page/environment

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