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Mystery ozone-destroying gases linked to badly recycled fridges

Mystery ozone-destroying gases linked to badly recycled fridges

24 May 2018

Last week we learned a chemical that harms the ozone layer is being emitted in Asia – and now it seems sloppy recycling might be partly to blame
We messed up our figures on how much carbon dioxide is too much

We messed up our figures on how much carbon dioxide is too much

14 May 2018

Climatologists have tried to set a “carbon budget” that tells us how much greenhouse gas we can emit and stay below 2°C, but their efforts have only caused confusion

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