Transcript: Science News Highlights: Ozone Layer, DNA Swap

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August 28, 2009
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PAUL RAEBURN
NPR Talk of the Nation Science Friday
08-28-2009
Science News Highlights: Ozone Layer, DNA Swap

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PAUL RAEBURN, host:

This is SCIENCE FRIDAY from NPR News, and I'm Paul Raeburn, sitting in for Ira Flatow. This week, researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released new findings on the ozone layer. They report in the journal Science that nitrous oxide, which is used widely in agriculture, known to many of us better as laughing gas, was set to become the dominant ozone- depleting substance in the 21st century, and there's probably not much we can do about it.

Joining me now to talk more about the study, ...

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