Frost flowers, the delicate crystals that sometimes grow atop fresh sea ice, can be a substantial source of ozone-destroying bromine in the lower atmosphere near the poles, researchers suggest.
CHILLY GARDEN. Frost flowers, such as these 2-centimeter-tall crystals on a patch of fresh ice in the Arctic Ocean, may be a major source of atmospheric bromine.
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