Sentences with phrase «bromine oxides»

But the team also measured ubiquitous daytime concentrations of iodine and bromine oxides in the layer of the troposphere where most ozone loss occurs.

These popcorn - sized puffs of ice crystals have long been thought the source of the bromine oxide that triggers the deposition of the mercury from the atmosphere and the depletion of ozone near the poles.

Not exact matches

The conclusion is based on a finding that bromine and iodine oxide, natural chemicals produced by sea spray and emissions from microscopic sea organisms, destroyed ozone in the atmosphere west of equatorial Africa — destroyed 50 % more ozone than than expected.

Unfortunately, the EPA estimate of 18 % still doesn't include a large portion of the fuel, the synthetic nitrogen fertilizer, some of the nitrous oxide, all of the CFCs and bromines, and most of the transport emissions.

However, the number is probably closer to 25 - 30 % as they failed to include the «manufacture and use of pesticides and fertilizers, fuel and oil for tractors, equipment, trucking and shipping, electricity for lighting, cooling, and heating, and emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and other green house gases» and «still doesn't include a large portion of the fuel, the synthetic nitrogen fertilizer, some of the nitrous oxide, all of the CFCs and bromines, and most of the transport» and methane emissions.