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Arctic Sea Ice and Atmospheric Chemistry
March 7, 2012 | NASA

“Drastic reductions in Arctic sea ice in the last decade may be intensifying the chemical release of bromine into the atmosphere, resulting in ground-level ozone depletion and the deposit of toxic mercury in the Arctic.”


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