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Causes of 2011 Arctic ozone hole determined http://t.co/AmI06Pl8vS
2013-03-11 23:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Science Daily: A combination of extreme cold temperatures, human-made chemicals and a stagnant atmosphere were behind what became known as the Arctic ozone hole of 2011, a new NASA study finds. Even when both poles of the planet undergo ozone losses during the winter, the Arctic's ozone depletion tends to be milder and shorter-lived than the Antarctic's. This is because the three key ingredients needed for ozone-destroying chemical reactions -- chlorine from human-made chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), frigid temperatures...
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