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China feels the heat over rogue CFC emissions

The government plans to build a monitoring network in the wake of a study that attributed a spike in an ozone-depleting chemical to two Chinese provinces.
  1. David Cyranoski

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When atmospheric models traced a mysterious spike of an ozone-destroying gas to two provinces in China earlier this year, scientists waited to see how the Chinese government — and other nations — would respond to this possible violation of international law.

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Nature 571, 309-310 (2019)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-02109-2

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