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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Selfish interests in the guise of altruism
NOW THAT developing countries such as India have agreed to respect the Montreal Protocol and phase out the use of ozone-depleting substances, the North is beginning to bare its fangs -- or, more
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Germany tries to pass the buck
The meeting of the climate convention negotiating committee, which was meant to evolve criterion for reducing global greenhouse gas emissions, remained inconclusive with Germany trying to put the onus for the reduction on developing countries.
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What's the panic all about?
Atmospheric researchers are being criticised for selfishly creating panic by exaggerating the consequences of a depleted ozone layer
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The will is there, but not the funds
India has prepared a detailed plan to phase out chemicals that destroy the ozone layer, but its implementation is subject to aid from the Multilateral Fund
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Indigenous effort bears fruit
Indian scientists have developed a process to manufacture an ozone friendly substitute for CFC 12
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Energy consumption patterns vary in Asia
EMISSIONS of sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides play a key role in the formation of acid rain and consequently, the acidification of soils. Production of nitrogen oxides leads to ozone build-up in
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Ozone layer depletion confirmed
A recent report says the intensity of ultraviolet radiation striking an Argentine town has risen, confirming fears about ozone depletion
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A long term perspective on global warming
Everyone these days is aware of the phenomenon of global warming, even if they find it difficult to distinguish between stratospheric ozone depletion and the greenhouse effect. Global Warming: The
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Delayed hazards of earth's fiery outbursts
Volcanic explosions don't only throw up a lot of dust and kill thousands of people. Even two years after a flare up, weather patterns in distant places can be affected.
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Team break up may turn tables
With many members of India's much appreciated delegation to the 1992 Earth Summit being posted to other duties, lndia needs to plan now to face the "her tagemlions ahead.