Our Changing Atmosphere: Global Warming, Stratospheric Ozone Depletion, and Smog

by Prof. F. Sherwood Rowland
Dept of Chemistry, University of California--Irvine

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Prof. Rowland is a Nobel Laureate in chemistry. His work led to the discovery that chlorofluorocarbons are only removed from the atmosphere by strong ultraviolet rays found in the stratosphere, and that the chlorine released there would destroy ozone. His work led to the banning of CFCs from aerosols by the US, Canada, and Sweden in the late 1970s and a later global ban on all CFC production. Prof. Rowland has advised the current and several former presidents on environmental issues.