Nature Communications (Dec 2021)
Rapid increase in dichloromethane emissions from China inferred through atmospheric observations
- Minde An,
- Luke M. Western,
- Daniel Say,
- Liqu Chen,
- Tom Claxton,
- Anita L. Ganesan,
- Ryan Hossaini,
- Paul B. Krummel,
- Alistair J. Manning,
- Jens Mühle,
- Simon O’Doherty,
- Ronald G. Prinn,
- Ray F. Weiss,
- Dickon Young,
- Jianxin Hu,
- Bo Yao,
- Matthew Rigby
Affiliations
- Minde An
- College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University
- Luke M. Western
- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol
- Daniel Say
- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol
- Liqu Chen
- Meteorological Observation Centre of China Meteorological Administration (MOC/CMA)
- Tom Claxton
- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University
- Anita L. Ganesan
- School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol
- Ryan Hossaini
- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University
- Paul B. Krummel
- Climate Science Centre, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
- Alistair J. Manning
- Hadley Centre, Met Office
- Jens Mühle
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego
- Simon O’Doherty
- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol
- Ronald G. Prinn
- Center for Global Change Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Ray F. Weiss
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego
- Dickon Young
- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol
- Jianxin Hu
- College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University
- Bo Yao
- Meteorological Observation Centre of China Meteorological Administration (MOC/CMA)
- Matthew Rigby
- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27592-y
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
Dichloromethane (CH2Cl2) is an unregulated ozone depleting substance whose emissions have strongly increased in recent years. Here, the authors show that rising emissions of dichloromethane in China between 2011 and 2019 can explain much of this global increase.
