Ozone and UV bulletin
The stratosphere ozone layer is slowly recovering and the recovery will be complete in most parts of the atmosphere in the coming decades, according to the latest bulletin by the World Meteorological Organization
Atmosphere And Ozone Layer
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Good monsoon a result of not just El Niño
Weather experts say multiple factors have led to the State receiving such heavy rainfall this year El Niño has become the buzzword this northeast monsoon and is said to be the cause ofthe torrential
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Maldives looks to ban anti-ozone substances
The Maldives parliament accepted the Bill on Protection of the Ozone Layer and submitted it to an interim committee for review Sunday. The Bill was accepted with 61 of the 65 members present voting
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El Niño may trigger floods, famine and sickness in much of the world
A fog of suffocating smoke settles over the Indonesian countryside, sickening hundreds of thousands of people and triggering an environmental crisis. In Peru, officials abandon plans to host the lucrative
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2015 shatters the temperature record as global warming speeds back up
With just a month and a half left in 2015, it’s clear this year will be by far the hottest on record, easily beating the previous record set just last year. The temporary slowdown in the warming of global
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Sydney weather: City to wilt in 41-degree heat as hot westerlies keep sea breezes at bay
Sydney will most likely endure scorching temperatures into the 40s on Friday as powerful westerlies blowing from Australia's red hot centre block cooling sea breezes. The Bureau of Meteorology has revised
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Africa: El Nino Sending Droughts and Floods to Africa
El Nino, a natural weather pattern linked to extreme droughts, storms and floods, could be one of the strongest on record this year. Parts of Africa are already facing hunger, disease and water shortages.
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El Niño strengthening, will be among biggest on record: WMO
The El Niño weather pattern, a phenomenon associated with extreme droughts, storms and floods, is expected to strengthen before the end of the year and become one of the strongest on record, the U.N. weather
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Carbon dioxide levels hit record high: WMO
Carbon dioxide concentrations have reached a crucial level. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), in an annual accounting of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere, reported that average
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Alarming rise in ground-ozone levels
When it’s protecting us from harmful ultraviolet rays of the sun at higher altitudes, ozone is great. But at ground-level, the gas is classified as an air pollutant that poses serious health risks, and
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Visit Meenakshi temple to study ozone layer: NGT to MoEF
The National Green Tribunal today rapped the Ministry of Environment and Forests for suggesting that ozone depletion is an international issue and asked its officials to visit Meenakshi Temple in Madurai