alleryWhich two chemists proposed in 1974 that CFCs could damage the ozone layer?
AFarman and Shanklin
BRowland and Molina
CTolba and Annan
DGardiner and Keeling
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Rowland and Molina
Rowland and Molina showed CFCs rise to the stratosphere, where ultraviolet light frees chlorine atoms.
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