Can Closing the Ozone Hole Also Help Combat Climate Change?
Thursday, November 5, 2009 - 17:16
in Earth & Climate
Carbon dioxide is the primary greenhouse culprit in human-generated global warming , most scientists agree, but CO 2 itself, and a handful of other substances, are now being promoted as good alternatives to commonly used refrigerants that threaten Earth's atmosphere and climate. [More]
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