New greenhouse gas identified
source: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/prinn-greenhouse-tt0311.html
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A gas used for fumigation has the potential to contribute significantly to future greenhouse warming, but because its production has not yet reached high levels there is still time to nip this potential contributor in the bud, according to an international team of researchers.
Sulfuryl fluoride was introduced as a replacement for methyl bromide, a widely used fumigant that is being phased out under the Montreal Protocol because of its ozone-destroying chemistry...Until the new work, nobody knew accurately how long the gas would last in the atmosphere after it leaked out of buildings or grain silos. "Our analysis has shown that the lifetime is about 36 years, or eight times greater than previously thought, with the ocean being its dominant sink,"
Fortunately, though, "we've caught it very early in the game,"This program is also designed to sniff out potential greenhouse and ozone-depleting gases before the industry gets very big."
Sulfuryl fluoride was introduced as a replacement for methyl bromide, a widely used fumigant that is being phased out under the Montreal Protocol because of its ozone-destroying chemistry...Until the new work, nobody knew accurately how long the gas would last in the atmosphere after it leaked out of buildings or grain silos. "Our analysis has shown that the lifetime is about 36 years, or eight times greater than previously thought, with the ocean being its dominant sink,"
Fortunately, though, "we've caught it very early in the game,"This program is also designed to sniff out potential greenhouse and ozone-depleting gases before the industry gets very big."
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Realta
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totally cool! science rocks...
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Realta
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dariusvons
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why do people keep this mindset that we can just dump anything into the air or water?
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dariusvons
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Uelthomas
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dariusvons:
Craps got to go somewhere
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Uelthomas
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__BETAHysteria
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go green or go home; hm___actually, go green or no home!
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__BETAHysteria
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courage
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we must start a movement we must begin spending resources to find and deflect near earth objects like asteroids and comets they are a real threat to our continued existence we spend next to nothing on finding these planet killers
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courage
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Solarlife
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methyl bromide replaced by
---Sulfuryl fluoride--- causing new trouble for the ozone layer.Thanks for early warning about this new industrial agriculture danger
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Solarlife
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pjacobs51
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Good to see they caught this one in time.
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pjacobs51
