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The Antarctic ‘Ozone Hole’ and Its Possible Global Consequences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

Hans U. Dütsch
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Atmospheric Physics, Federal Institute of Technology, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland; also Lightclimatic Observatory, Arosa, Switzerland.

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Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 1987

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