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Monitoring CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons) is crucial for several reasons, mainly due to their adverse effects on the environment and climate. The reasons why CFCs should be monitored include:

Ozone layer depletion: CFCs are known to break down the Earth's ozone layer by releasing chlorine atoms when exposed to ultraviolet (UV) radiation. A single chlorine atom can break down thousands of ozone molecules, causing a significant depletion of the ozone layer. This thinning of the ozone layer allows more harmful UV radiation to reach the Earth's surface, resulting in numerous negative consequences for humans, animals, and plants.

Greenhouse gas emissions: CFCs are potent greenhouse gases, with global warming potentials thousands of times greater than carbon dioxide (CO2). They can trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere, contributing to climate change and global warming. Monitoring CFCs can help us understand their role in the global climate system and develop strategies to reduce their emissions.

Compliance with international agreements: The Montreal Protocol and its amendments have established a framework for phasing out the production and consumption of CFCs and other ozone-depleting substances. Monitoring the levels of CFCs in the atmosphere is essential to ensure compliance with these agreements and evaluate the effectiveness of the measures taken by countries to phase out these harmful substances.

Detection of illegal activities: Despite the international ban on CFC production and consumption, there may still be instances of illegal production, trade, and use. Monitoring CFC levels in the atmosphere can help identify such activities and take appropriate measures to stop them.

Assessing the ozone layer's recovery: Monitoring CFC concentrations in the atmosphere allows scientists to track the recovery of the ozone layer over time. As CFC levels decrease, the ozone layer is expected to recover gradually. Observing this progress helps verify the effectiveness of global efforts to protect the ozone layer and can inform future policies and actions.

Guiding research and development: Monitoring CFCs can provide valuable information for researchers and industries working on developing alternative substances and technologies. Understanding the behavior and concentration of CFCs in the atmosphere can inform the development of safer alternatives that are less harmful to the environment and climate.

In summary, monitoring CFCs is essential for protecting the ozone layer, mitigating climate change, ensuring compliance with international agreements, detecting illegal activities, assessing the ozone layer's recovery, and guiding research and development of alternative technologies.

Natural changes and forced economic and lifestyle shifts as three cycles come together. Global events signal the change. Rex Bear from the LeakProject and David DuByne from ADAPT 2030.

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Ozone loss will be at its height August-Dec 2023 across the Southern Hemisphere. Hunga Tonga water vapor eruption filled Earth's mesosphere with high altitude ice crystals where ozone is broken down. Expect UVB damage to crops across the Southern Hemisphere. 

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As we look at several events overlapping from the Hunga Tonga water vapor eruption filling our skies with high altitude ice crystals, fertilizer shortages and now the source of our food going up in smoke, we need to add in UVB damage to crops. This will be at its height August-Dec 2023 across the Southern Hemisphere.

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As international efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions stall, schemes to slow global warming using fantastical technologies once dismissed as a sideshow are getting serious consideration

“I have seen all kinds of proposals,” said James Fleming, author of “Fixing the Sky: The Checkered History of Weather and Climate Control” and a member of the National Academy geo-engineering committee.
“People are getting more and more desperate about climate change,” he said. “I think it is quite probable we will get the OK to do this.”

So what are these ideas:

Aerosol injection, 
Spraying aerosols high up into the stratosphere is currently the most talked-about form of SRM. The technique, which is known as “stratospheric aerosol injection”, could cool the planet in a similar way to a large volcanic eruption.

 Marine cloud brightening, 
In theory, this could involve using ships to spray saltwater into the clouds above the sea.
Once airborne, the salt particles would act as “cloud condensation nuclei”, meaning they would facilitate the condensation of water vapour into liquid. As more water droplets are created, clouds would appear larger and brighter.

 Ocean mirror, 
A less well-known option for limiting the effects of sunlight would be to use an “ocean mirror”. In theory, this would involve using a fleet of sea vessels to churn up millions of tiny microbubbles on the ocean surface.
This seafoam would reflect away sunlight, cooling the planet, explains Prof Julian Evans, an emeritus professor in materials science from University College London. 


Cloud thinning, 
Another less-explored option for reducing the effects of sunlight at the Earth’s surface would be to “remove” cirrus clouds from the atmosphere.
Cirrus clouds are thin, wispy clouds made of ice crystals, which form at high altitudes. The clouds reflect away some sunlight, but also absorb large amounts of long-wave radiation – meaning that, on balance, they warm the planet.

Space sunshades
The final technology discussed by scientists involves sending a giant mirror – or fleet of mirrors – into orbit in order to reflect away more sunlight from the Earth.
The size of the mirror would determine how much sunlight it could reflect back towards space and, therefore, its cooling effect, says Prof Govindasamy Bala, from the Divecha Centre for Climate Change at the Indian Institute of Science.