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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OZONE HOLE PERSISTING
This year's Antarctic ozone hole is persisting for longer than those in recent years, according to scientists. Researchers from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) found that the hole covered
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CFC success clouds hidden dangers
Many atmospheric scientists say there is a misplaced popular perception that the problem of CFCs and ozone depletion has been solved by a series of international agreements. In reality it will be
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World Bank team on CFC phaseout
A World Bank team is arriving New Delhi on December 7 for an appraisal of the financial requirement to swtich over to friendly technology by the industries producing choloroflurocarbons (CFC) and
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Ozone hole now as big as Europe
The hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica is the size of Europe and could grow even larger in the coming months,a World Meteorological Organisation expeert said on
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CFC phaseout aid for 25 new units
Twenty five new Indian projects will get grants from the Montreal Protocol's multilateral fund to phase out the use of chlorofluorocarbons(CFC) and other ozone depleting substances in the 1999-2010
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Methane emissions from rice fields low
NAAS: The methane emissions from rice fields in the country, often cited by western critics to be accelerating to global warming, in reality contributed an insignificant percentage, a national
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Ozone holes
Bromine from sea salt destroys low- level ozone in the Arctic, says a German scientist. Chain reactions triggered by bromine oxide are known to destroy ozone. Thomas Wagner of the University of
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U.S. award for Indian project
The United States Environmental Agency (EPA), a state-funded American environment agency has honoured the "Eco-Frig" project in India for its exemplary work to safeguard the ozone layer. The
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Ozone crisis
GERMAN scientists have warned that the Earth's ozone layer, which filters radiation from space, is regenerating itself at a slower pace than originally predicted. "Even if international agreements on
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India developing gas to check ozone depletion
India will soon join a select band of countries which possesses technology to develop alternatives to chloro-fluorocarbons (CFC) which cause ozone depletion in the atmosphere. The Indian Institute