Emissions of banned ozone-eating chemical rise mysteriously

[applegrove]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/cfc11-ozone-rise-1.4665806

The Associated Press, cbc

"SNIP........

Something strange is happening with a now-banned chemical that eats away at Earth's protective ozone layer: Scientists say there's more of it — not less — going into the atmosphere and they don't know where it is coming from.

When a hole in the ozone formed over Antarctica, countries around the world in 1987 agreed to phase out several types of ozone-depleting chemicals called chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). Production was banned, emissions fell and the hole slowly shrank.

But starting in 2013, emissions of the second most common kind started rising, according to a study in Wednesday's journal Nature. The chemical, called CFC11, was used for making foam, degreasing stains and for refrigeration.

"It's the most surprising and unexpected observation I've made in my 27 years" of measurements, said study lead author Stephen Montzka, a research chemist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.



........SNIP"

[hunter]

1. That ought to be an easy sting. Put it out for bid and see who bites.

Not that the Trump Administration cares.

[applegrove]

2. Maybe it is North Korea?

[ProudLib72]

3. Has anyone looked into what kind of hairspray the orange maniac uses?

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

4. American corporations

discharging their reserves or putting it in the dump while Pruitts not watching on purpose. Tdt years...corporate free for all.

[applegrove]

5. They say it is coming from Asia.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

6. ok

if they know,why haven't they stopped it? They did in 87 after the lazer test cut the hole in the ozone.....

[applegrove]

7. Someone is doing it illegally. We have to find out who and stop them.

[bettyellen]

8. Russia wants global warming. More farmland for them. China doesn't want it...

No other large nation would profit from it. They have plans for the north passage and the arctic. They want this.

[applegrove]

10. It is ozone depletion not global warming.

[bettyellen]

11. The ozone layer protects against excessive sun and global warming.

[wonkwest]

9. This will be my shocked face if it's China

Rules in their rapid industrialization are kind of only a suggestion.