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• India's journey towards sustainable cooling

  Sustainability, for long, has been at the core of Indian lifestyle and its indigenous knowledge and sustainable practices have played a crucial role in helping people be informed and make environmentally

  • 02/01/2024

  • UNDP India
  • • Climate Change
    • Ozone Layer
    • Montreal Protocol
    • India
    • Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

• US grants $24.9 lakh for Ozone programme

  While the Americans became tight-fisted when it came to parting with funds for India, in a post-Pokhran scenario, there has been no change of heart in granting funds in return for India's assent to

  • 06/10/2000

  • Pioneer (New Delhi)
  • • Ozone Layer

• Ozone layer depletes

  the ozone layer over Antarctica has depleted severely, according to the World Meteorological Organisation ( wmo ), a un agency. "The latest satellite observations in the sunlight

  • 29/09/2000

  • Down To Earth
  • • Atmosphere
    • Ozone Layer
    • Remote Sensing
    • Research
    • Antarctica

• Poisoned frogs?

  The spate of amphibian deaths and deformities the world over has confused scientist for some time now. Among the various reasons to which this has been attributed are fungal infection, thinning of

  • 14/08/2000

  • Down To Earth
  • • Ozone Layer
    • Endangered Species
    • Radiation
    • Environmental Science
    • Research
    • United States Of America (US)

• CFC phase out

  india is getting a grant of us $82 million, for gradually phasing out the production of ozone depleting substances (ods) such as CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons). This is the

  • 14/08/2000

  • Down To Earth
  • • Pollution Control
    • Ozone Layer
    • CFCs
    • Aid
    • India
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  SOUTH KOREA

  Restrictions have been imposed on running vehicles in Seoul after an air pollution alert was issued due to high levels of ambient ozone. According to a notification issued by Seoul City Hall ,

  • 30/07/2000

  • Down To Earth
  • • Pollution Control
    • Vehicular Pollution
    • Ozone Layer
    • South Korea
    • Vehicles
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  CFCs black market

  international efforts to restore the ozone layer are being threatened by a flourishing black market of chlorofluorocarbons (cfcs), said Paul Frasier, senior principal research scientist with the

  • 30/07/2000

  • Down To Earth
  • • Ozone Layer
    • CFCs
    • Climate Change
    • Trade
    • Hazardous Products
    • Global

• Largest ever ozone hole observed over Antarctica

  A NASA spectrometer has detected an Antarctic ozone "hole" that is three times larger than the entire land mass of the United States-the largest such area ever observed. The "hole" expanded to a

  • 09/07/2000

  • • Ozone Layer

• Ozone loss inflicts genetic damage

  Depletion of the ozone layer is likely to inflict lasting genetic damage to plant life through exposure to strong ultraviolet light, according to

  • 07/07/2000

  • Business Line (New Delhi)
  • • Ozone Layer

• Ulraviolet rays damage DNA

  Depletion of ozone layer is likely to inflict lasting genetic damage to plant life through exposure to strong ultraviolet light, according to research. High levels of ultraviolet B caused DNA damage

  • 07/07/2000

  • • Ozone Layer

• China releases first ozone exploration balloon

  Chinese scientists have released the country's first ozone exploration balloon on the northern slope of Mount Everest to detect the ozone density around the Qinghai-Tibet plateau in

  • 06/07/2000

  • • Ozone Layer