Ole John Nielsen, University of Copenhagen (1 of 2) (IMAGE)

University of Copenhagen

Ole John Nielsen, University of Copenhagen (1 of 2)

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Copenhagen Chemist Ole John Nielsen analyses how various chemical compounds will degrade in the atmosphere. And how they affect climate while they are there. He has revealed that anesthetic gases have a global warming potential more than a thousand times higher than CO2.

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