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However, the experiment did provide the first useful data on the ubiquitous presence of CFCs in the atmosphere.

The damage caused to the ozone layer by the photolysis of CFCs was later discovered by Sherwood Rowland and Mario Molina.

After hearing a lecture on the subject of Lovelock's results, they embarked on research that resulted in the first published paper that suggested a link between stratospheric CFCs and ozone depletion in 1974, and later shared the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry ( with Paul Crutzen ) for their work.