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Polar stratospheric clouds contribute to the Antarctic ozone hole mainly because their ice and acid particle surfaces

  1. Asupply nitrogen oxides which protect ozone
  2. Bremove s from the stratosphere by rain-out
  3. Cconvert reservoir species such as and into photolabile forms of chlorine
  4. Dabsorb UV light and produce ozone

Answer: C

Reactions such as occur on cloud-particle surfaces and release , which sunlight splits into Cl atoms. The clouds do not remove CFCs or generate ozone.
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