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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Rwanda: Govt Moves to Ban Toxic Gases Used in Fridges
The Ministry of Environment is set to conduct a detailed energy efficiency market survey that will inform new policy aimed at introducing new non-pollutant cooling technologies by restricting imports of
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Sustained black carbon emission from aeroplanes can warm atmosphere at high altitude: Government
The impact of black carbon, emitted by aeroplanes, on monsoon, glaciers and ozone layer is "uncertain", but its sustained emission could lead to warming of the atmosphere at 10-12 km altitude, the government
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Ozone at lower latitudes is not recovering, despite Antarctic ozone hole healing
The ozone layer - which protects us from harmful ultraviolet radiation - is recovering at the poles, but unexpected decreases in part of the atmosphere may be preventing recovery at lower latitudes.
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AMC's new sensors to keep track of Ozone layer, oxygen concentration
Taking a small step towards creating a Smart City, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is all set to gain and give information on real-time noise pollution, the ozone layer, oxygen concentration and
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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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Developing nations to receive $540 million to eliminate climate-warming chemicals
The climate-warming chemicals are hydrochlorofluorocarbons and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) used widely used in refrigerators, air-conditioners and aerosol sprays. Developing countries will receive
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A year in ozone over the South Pole
This colourful video tracks the behaviour of the ozone layer over Antarctica across all of 2016. It shows clearly the annual “hole” that appears above the South Pole in the austral springtime, and which
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State of the Climate in 2016
An international, peer-reviewed publication released each summer, the State of the Climate is the authoritative annual summary of the global climate published as a supplement to the Bulletin of the American
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Climate Change: Here’s why Paris accord unable to generate consensus
The Donald Trump-led American withdrawal from the Paris climate change negotiations in the hope of a different rhetoric is a serious step undermining what was already a weak international cooperation over
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Protecting environment is our responsibility: Governor
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Life of the future generation will depend on how we act today. The rise in number of events organized as part of Environment Day indicates that people have realized the need to protect