A new instrument makes the task of monitoring ozone levels easier

THE ozone layer over the US had thinned to unprecedented and worrisome flimsiness during 1993, say scientists who had monitored sunlight at various ground sites over the year. Between January and

The increase in greenhouse gas emissions and damage to the ozone layer hold far more serious consequences for human health than earlier imagined

With aerospace technologies set to revolutionise engine and body design, today's cars could become as obsolete as dinosaurs.

Fresh data on dipping levels of atmospheric ozone add up to a grim scenario that can have serious implications for life on earth.