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
Atmosphere And Ozone Layer
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Decline in Antarctic ozone depletion and lower stratospheric chlorine determined from aura microwave limb sounder observations
<p>Attribution of Antarctic ozone recovery to the Montreal protocol requires evidence that (1) Antarctic chlorine levels are declining and (2) there is a reduction in ozone depletion in response to a chlorine
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Unprecedented rainfall in Punjab in August, 2011: A case study
<p>Summer monsoon season 2011 was highlighted with unprecedented rainfall in some districts of Punjab in the second week of August 2011 causing significant damage to public and private properties. An attempt
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Seychelles joins initiative mandating use of ozone-friendly appliances
(Seychelles News Agency) - Seychelles is focusing on ozone-layer-friendly technological appliances as it joins the second phase of the Green Cooling Africa Initiative. Through the initiative, Seychelles
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Isotope fingerprinting of precipitation associated with western disturbances and Indian summer monsoons across the Himalayas
<p>Precipitation samples were collected across the Himalayas from Kashmir (western Himalaya) to Assam (eastern Himalaya) to understand the variation of the stable isotopic content (δ 18O and δD)
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Australia's weather bureau issues La Nina alert
Australia's Bureau of Meteorology has issued an alert for a La Nina weather event starting next month, saying the chance it would take place was triple the normal likelihood. The weather occurrence
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CO2 levels grew at record pace in 2016: United Nations
The amount of carbon dioxide in the earth's atmosphere grew at record rate in 2016 to a level not seen for millions of years, the United Nations said on Monday. It said this has the potential to fuel
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Brace for La Niña until December, warns agency as rains disappoint
The National Drought Management Authority has warned of a possible La Niña between October and December. La Niña is a weather phenomenon that cools surface water over the central and eastern Pacific,
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Australia weather bureau says climate indicators near La Nina thresholds
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) said on Tuesday climate indicators were near the levels associated with a La Nina weather event and pegged the chance of the weather pattern developing
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Shift of subtropical transport barriers explains observed hemispheric asymmetry of decadal trends of age of air
<p>In response to global warming, the Brewer–Dobson circulation in the stratosphere is expected to accelerate and the mean transport time of air along this circulation to decrease. This would imply
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Japan sees 60 percent chance of no El Niño or La Niña through winter
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s weather bureau projected on Monday that there are no active El Niño or La Niña patterns now and that it sees a 60 percent chance of normal weather conditions continuing through