Rapid increase in dichloromethane emissions from China inferred through atmospheric observations

oleh: Minde An, Luke M. Western, Daniel Say, Liqu Chen, Tom Claxton, Anita L. Ganesan, Ryan Hossaini, Paul B. Krummel, Alistair J. Manning, Jens Mühle, Simon O’Doherty, Ronald G. Prinn, Ray F. Weiss, Dickon Young, Jianxin Hu, Bo Yao, Matthew Rigby

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2021-12-01

Deskripsi

Dichloromethane (CH2Cl2) is an unregulated ozone depleting substance whose emissions have strongly increased in recent years. Here, the authors show that rising emissions of dichloromethane in China between 2011 and 2019 can explain much of this global increase.