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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More than unsafe
Safe ozone levels are often exceeded in Europe, says a study<br>
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Scientists explain ozone losses over Qinghai-Tibet plateau
New studies by Chinese scientists indicate that particular thermodynamic effects have caused ozone depletion over the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Zou Han, a researcher from the Institute of Atmospheric
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Environmentalists allege smuggling of CFCs
Smuggling of ozone depleting substances like chlorofluorocarbons (CFC 12) and hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFC 22) into India through to the notice of the authorities.Environmentalists have told the
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India yet to frame laws on ozone depletion
Even though regulatory measures under the Montreal Protocol of 1987 to control consumption and production as also import and export of the ozone depleting substances(ODSs) are to come into force from
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Satellite to improve ozone data
A $91 million contract has been awarded to Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. of Boulder, Colorado, to develop a suite of satellite instruments that will significantly improve the accuracy of
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LHASA
A Chinese meteoro logist has mooted the idea of building an Ozone Observation Station in Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region, to study the thinning of the ozone layer above the
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Oxygen additives to gasoline not helping to lower ozone levels
A report issued by a committee of the National Research Council shows that oxygen additives used to reformulate gasoline, required since 1990 by the Clean Air Act, have had little effect in reducing
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Commonly available ethanol and MTBE gasoline blends do little to reduce smog
The two principal types of oxygen additives used in reformulated gasoline in the United States contribute little to reduce ozone pollution, says a new report by a committee of the National Research
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Ozone layer is thickening, says scientists
The ozone layer in the northern hemisphere's upper atmosphere is thicker than it has been for a long time, reports the German Aerospace Research Centre (DLR). "These findings come as a surprise. The
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A new culprit behind ozone loss
Even as the concentration of chloroflurocarbons (CFCs), the major cause of the ozone hole in Antarctica, is declining due to international regulations, scientists have identified another culprit for