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The chemists policing Earth’s atmosphere for rogue pollution

These researchers tracked down mysterious sources of ozone-destroying chemicals in China and guard the planet against future illicit emissions.
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High in the Swiss Alps, scientists in a small research station are busy fingerprinting the atmosphere.

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Nature 577, 464-466 (2020)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-00110-8

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  • Correction 04 February 2020: An earlier version of the graphic 'Secret stocks' erroneously stated that the unit for CFC-11 emissions was gigatons per year.

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