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Article: SCIENTISTS LINK OZONE HOLE TO CHEMICALS MAN-MADE HYDROGEN FLUORIDE BEARS THE BLAME.(MAIN)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
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- December 20, 1994
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Byline: Associated Press
GODDARD SPACEFLIGHT CENTER, Md. Information provided by a NASA satellite proves that man-made chemicals caused the ozone hole over the South Pole and the global thinning of the protective ozone layer, scientists said Monday.
The crucial evidence, said Mark Schoeberl, was the detection in the stratosphere of hydrogen fluoride, a chemical species that comes only from man-made sources.
Schoeberl, project scientist for the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, said the amount of hydrogen fluoride measured by the satellite corresponds directly to the amount of chlorofluorocarbons in the atmosphere.
That means ...