New study finds chloroform emissions, on the rise in East Asia, could delay ozone recovery by up to eight years

Earlier this year, the United Nations announced that the ozone layer, which shields the Earth from the sun ’ s harmful ultraviolet radiation, and which was severely depleted by decades of human-derived, ozone-destroying chemicals, is on the road to recovery.
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