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• (CFCs) - Manufactured substances used as coolants and computer-chip cleaners. When these products break down they destroy stratospheric ozone, creating the Antarctic Ozone Hole in the Southern Hemisphere spring (Northern Hemisphere autumn). While no longer in use, their long lifetime will lead to a very slow removal from the atmosphere.

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  Chlorofluorocarbons. (n.d.). National Weather Service Glossary. Retrieved June 8, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/chlorofluorocarbons.

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  Chlorofluorocarbons. www.weather.gov. National Weather Service Glossary. NOAA National Weather Service. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/chlorofluorocarbons (accessed: June 8, 2023).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "Chlorofluorocarbons." National Weather Service Glossary. NOAA National Weather Service. 8 June. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/chlorofluorocarbons.

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