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Cape Grim

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For the news study the reseachers analyzed also datas of the Cape Grim air archive at CSIRO's Aspendale laboratories. The Air Archive is an irreplaceable collection of air samples from Cape Grim, northwest Tasmania. It is like a library or museum of air that provides valuable information about greenhouse and ozone depleting gases. Every three months, researchers have filled stainless steel flasks with about 1 000 litres of pristine air, which is then stored in the Cape Grim Air Archive at CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research in Aspendale, Victoria. The Cape Grim Air Archive was initiated by Dr Paul Fraser in 1978, knowing that one day scientists might be interested in measuring gases that at the time were not being (or could not be) measured. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research near Melbourne in Australia undertakes research into the atmospheric environment and belongs to the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO).

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