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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Vienna climate meeting aims for progress on deal to cut HFC use
Diplomats meeting in Vienna this week hope to take a major step toward a deal under the Montreal Protocol to decrease the use of a potent greenhouse gas, in what could be the most significant measure to
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Antarctic ozone hole has finally started to heal, scientists report
In a major new paper in the influential journal Science, a team of researchers report strikingly good news about a 30-year old environmental problem. The Antarctic ozone "hole" - which, when it was
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Environmental and health impacts of US health-care system
If the U.S. healthcare system were a country, it would rank 13th in the world for greenhouse gas emissions, according to new research. The study, published June 9 in PLOS ONE, quantified previously unreported
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Report highlights environmental dangers of leaving EU
Independent review says EU rules, such as on clean water and wildlife protection, have benefited UK’s environment EU membership has been a major factor behind the “marked improvement in environmental
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Odd-even phase II: This time, eye on ozone as well
In February, apart from particulate matter, gaseous pollutant ozone emerged dominant. Experts say ozone levels go up with the rise in temperature. As Delhi prepares for Phase II of the odd-even scheme
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WMO Statement on the Status of the Global Climate in 2015
The year 2015 will stand out in the historical record of the global climate in many ways. Modern records for heat were broken: 2015 was a record warm year both globally and in many individual countries.
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Odd-even to return: Is govt ready for Ozone challenge?
Experts say Ozone levels go up with the rise in temperatures, as the gas is formed from a photochemical reaction which needs high sunlight. “Ozone does not have any source of its own. As the Delhi
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CPCB report: PM 2.5, ozone dominant pollutants in February
According to the CPCB, ozone was the dominant pollutant along with PM 2.5 on February 15, 16, 22, 23, 26, 27 and 28. With 15 “very poor” and 13 “poor” days, air pollution levels continued to be high
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New platform in Antarctic installed to measure ozone layer and climate change
The first platform dedicated to measuring the ozone layer has been installed in the Chilean Antarctic, to study the impacts of the hole in the ozone layer on climate change in the region, it was announced
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MPCB’s air pollution monitor gathering dust
Nagpur: The new, state-of-the-art ambient air quality monitor of Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) is lying disused at the Divisional Commissionerate square as the officials of Central Pollution