Ozone and UV bulletin
The stratosphere ozone layer is slowly recovering and the recovery will be complete in most parts of the atmosphere in the coming decades, according to the latest bulletin by the World Meteorological Organization
Solar Radiation
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Volatile organic compounds and their measurements in the troposphere
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are ubiquitous atmospheric constituents of both anthropogenic and natural origin. VOCs are important precursors of tropospheric ozone (O3), and can impact air quality
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More ways to govern geoengineering
As researchers find more uses for data, informed consent has become a source of confusion. Something has to change. (Correspondence)
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Country’s first solar tracker at SPU
Vadodara/Anand: It’s like a sunflower that follows the sun as it moves around the sky each day. Researchers at Sardar Patel University (SPU) have designed, developed and implemented an automated dual axis solar tracker system, which works on sunflower motion for a solar power plant. And the country’s first indigenously designed solar tracker system also increases solar energy harnessing power of a solar power plant by 45 per cent. Interestingly, this indigenously developed solar power plant with the dual axial auto tracking system has been installed at the terrace of SPU’s Department of Physics where it generates up to 1.5 kilowatt per hour (KWh) of electrical power through 20 multi-crystalline solar panels of 75 watt generation capacity each.
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Researchers can't regulate climate engineering alone
Political interests, not scientists or inventors, will be the biggest influence on technologies to counter climate change, says Jason Blackstock.
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Effect of cloud occurrences on tropospheric ozone over Alipore (22.52°N, 88.33°E), India
The paper presents the nature of annual cycles of tropospheric ozone, cloud occurrences, NO2, rainfall, SO2, SPM, CO, non-methane hydrocarbon and surface solar radiation for the period October 2004 to
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A break in the clouds
Clouds and aerosol particles have bedevilled climate modellers for decades. Now researchers are starting to gain the upper hand.
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Peru Is Latest Developing Nation To Adopt Climate Change Initiative
Peru became the latest developing country to enact a domestic climate change initiative in the absence of a binding global pact, adopting a resolution on Thursday to lower carbon emissions in its fast-growing
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CAG report nails govt agency for solar project flaws
The failure of the Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Limited (KREDL) to properly implement the Solar Photovoltaic (SPV) Programme of the Union Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources (MNES) for the years 2005 to 2007 has resulted in losses to the tune of crores of rupees. Also, a probe into the implementation of the programme has revealed several irregularities in releasing money to suppliers, who had not participated in the tender process, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report has said.
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Glaciologists to target third pole
With the health of the world’s highest glaciers in dispute, an international team is planning a long-term campaign to measure the vital signs of the ice atop Tibet and its surrounding mountains.
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Financial engineering as a means to support Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission
India’s Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) is a one of its kind country level initiative that aims to help achieve the intertwined national objectives of ensuring energy security for the country