Business Green: Nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) is at least four times more prevalent in the atmosphere than scientists previously thought, according to recent research. The compound, which is 17,000 times more effective at warming the atmosphere than an equal mass of CO2, is used in the production of solar panels, flat-screen TVs and computer displays. Researchers from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego (UCSD), discovered that the amount of the gas in the …