Protecting the climate by reducing fluorinated greenhouse gas emissions
Friday, February 24, 2012 - 11:03
in Earth & Climate
Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which have been used in recent years in increasing quantities as substitutes for CFCs, are also climatically very active and many are also extremely long-lived. In the renowned journal Science an international team of researchers recommends that the most potent of these gases also be regulated. This could save the positive «side effect» of the Montreal Protocol for the global climate.