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Nitrous oxide delays ozone recovery

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The stratospheric ozone layer has undergone severe depletion as a result of anthropogenic halocarbons. Although the Montreal Protocol has provided relief, anthropogenic emissions of another substance, nitrous oxide, are set to dominate ozone destruction.

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Figure 1: Influence of greenhouse-gas emissions on stratospheric ozone concentration in northern mid-latitudes.

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  1. Martyn Chipperfield is in the School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK. martyn@env.leeds.ac.uk,

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