The areas with higher
bromine concentrations had up to 180 percent higher photoluminescence than areas depleted of bromine ions.
To see if these regulations affected
bromine concentrations, atmospheric chemist Stephen Montzka of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Boulder, Colorado, and colleagues analyzed air samples taken several times each month from 10 land - based sites across the globe between 1995 and 2002.
Not exact matches
«We detected the frequent presence of hazardous elements, such as
bromine, cadmium, mercury and lead, in very high
concentrations in some cases,» says Dr. Andrew Turner, co-author of the study, based at the University of Plymouth, UK.
The probe also detected
concentrations of chlorine and
bromine in the rocks that are consistent with rocks formed by evaporation on Earth and discovered striking «blueberries,» concretions of hematite, a water - related mineral.
But the team also measured ubiquitous daytime
concentrations of iodine and
bromine oxides in the layer of the troposphere where most ozone loss occurs.