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
Ozone Layer
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Rules issued to check ozone-eating gases
After an initial delay, the Union environment ministry has finally come out with comprehensive rules to regulate the phasing out of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) over the next decade or so,
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Ozone in danger over Arctic
One of the largest investigations into Ozone depletion over ther Arctic has increased concerns of prolonged thinning of the earth's protective layer, according to a study. The study, sponsored by the
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Threat from record ozone loss
North Europeans face increased risk of skin cancer and eye cataracts after record losses in Arctic ozone levels, found by a team of international scientists. The European Commission, the executive
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New survey shows growing loss of arctic atmosphere's ozone
Unusual cold and a sharp loss of ozone in the Arctic stratosphere over the winter just past have heightened concern that changes in global climate may delay recovery of the earth's partly depleted
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Ozone layer 'thinning over Europe'
There is fresh evidence that the ozone layer is thinning over the UK and northern Europe. Scientists are alarmed by the depletion, which was previously thought to be a problem mostly confined to the
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Twilight zone for ozone-busters?
Fire extinguishers, aerosol cans and car air-conditioners might eventually stop perforating the skies above us if the government follows through on its plan to regulate the phasing out of
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Oh! zone
Following two winters of low ozone loss in the stratosphere, the Arctic is likely to have experienced record ozone destruction. The ozone layer thins out during spring but so far has never
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No sign of ozone's recovering
NASA researchers say the ozone layer over the Arctic may not be recovering as fast as predicted from damage it has suffered. More clouds than anticipated are forming in the stratosphere high over
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Arctic ozone may not recover as early as predicted
The ozone layer that protects life on Earth may not be recovering from the damage it has suffered over the Arctic region as quickly as scientists previoulsy thought, according to a paper published in
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Finance Ministry urged to check smuggling
Worried over the increasing smuggling and illegal imports of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) into the country, especially from the Nepalese border, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has