CFCs, Not Carbon Dioxide, Caused Global Warming - Paper

Thursday, May 30, 2013 - 14:10 in Earth & Climate

Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), known to deplete ozone, are also to blame for global warming since the 1970s, according to a paper in the International Journal of Modern Physics B. The statistical analysis found that CFCs are the key driver in global climate change, rather than carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, which the author says would explain why temperature has not continued to rise as CO2 has - CFCs have gone down a lot. read more

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