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PostDecember 21, 2018

New threat to ozone recovery

Study co-authored by MIT Joint Program Co-Director Ronald Prinn finds chloroform emissions, on the rise in East Asia, could delay ozone recovery by up to eight years

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by MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy
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