This seasonal ozone depletion was suddenly allowing UV rays to filter down to the surface, leading to skin cancer and other adverse health effects ... or CFCs -- chemicals that were then used ...

It's not just carbon dioxide that causes climate change. Chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, are a group of chemicals that were widely banned because of their effects on the ozone layer. Unknown sources are ...

Testing simulations based on different climate factors, researchers seemingly confirmed that efforts to limit the emission of ...

In 1974, Mario Molina and Sherwood Rowland published a paper in Nature detailing the effects of chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) gasses on atmospheric ozone. The paper pointed out that CFCs, which were ...

Molina and Rowland figured out what this something was – chlorofluorocarbons, aka CFCs. They were being used as coolants in refrigerators and air conditioners, and as propellants for aerosol ...

He found that CFCs, or chlorofluorocarbons ... the planet is still recovering from the ill effects of both of Midgley’s inventions. The ozone layer will need another four decades to heal ...