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...Omen The Antarctic ozone hole is slowly shrinking and may close within 50 years, scientists report; the atmosphere now neutralizes harmful CFCs faster than they are produced by mankind
Molina, a professor of earth, atmospheric and planetary sciences at MIT, was one of the three recipients of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He has researched extensively on urban air pollution and was one of the primary investigators on the damaging effects of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) on the ozone layer...
Recalling the outset of their research on CFCs in the 1970s, Molina said he and his colleagues did not expect to discover such a major connection between CFCs and atmospheric damage...