Volcanoes belch an impressive array of organic chemicals into the air, but ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) are an insignificant part of that mix, a new study finds. An international team of ...

The global oceans are gearing up to spray all that 1980s hair spray back in our faces. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), the aerosol chemicals that tore a hole in Earth's protective ozone layer within years ...

The Montreal Protocol, which banned most uses of ozone-destroying chemicals known as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and called for their global phase-out by 2010, has been a great success story: Earth’s ...

Emissions of a small group of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), man-made chemicals that destroy Earth’s protective ozone layer and fuel global warming, are back on the rise after their production was all ...

More ozone-depleting chemicals than previously thought are leaking out of old air conditioners and plastic foam, an international team of scientists reports (Nat. Commun. 2020, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020 ...

After detective work worthy of Sherlock Holmes, researchers announced on July 8 that they had pinned down the cause of the recently discovered increase in the chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) known as ...

Andrew Glikson does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. CFCs are molecules made up of carbon atoms linked to chlorine and fluorine atoms, halogen ...

A weather balloon rises into the atmosphere, transmitting data about ozone as well as basic weather information like temperature, pressure and humidity. NOAA launches these regularly from a variety ...