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Arctic snowpack bromine release

Snow and ice influence the climate and chemistry of the polar atmosphere. Field experiments in Alaska point to the significance of surface snow for polar ozone depletion events.

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Figure 1: Surface snow and sea ice near Barrow, Alaska.

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Abbatt, J. Arctic snowpack bromine release. Nature Geosci 6, 331–332 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1805

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