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Global emissions of a potent substance notorious for depleting the Earth s ozone layer - the protective barrier which absorbs the Sun s harmful UV rays - have fallen rapidly and are now back on the decline, according to new research.
Two international studies published today in
Nature, show emissions of CFC-11, one of the many chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) chemicals once widely used in refrigerators and insulating foams, are back on the decline less than two years after the exposure of their shock resurgence in the wake of suspected rogue production.