Science backs the politically correct

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Eco-cool

An Indian firm introduces eco-friendly air conditioners and takes a step towards a future free from ozone holes

How humans invite storm

Tornado and storm frequencies linked to human activities

2020 was the hottest year globally despite cooling La Niña

Matches temperature record of 2016 which began with warming weather events

MONEYMAKERS

Ozone crisis

World Environmental Health Day: Let’s strengthen environmental health to implement SDGs

Restoring our contaminated ecosystem and biodiversity will help to brush off poverty

Selfish interests in the guise of altruism

N - bombs cooled the Earth

UNITED NATIONS

Ozone layer depletes

CFC phase out

Smog alarm

‘The burning of the Amazon will not alter wind patterns’

Down To Earth spoke to meteorologist U C Mohanty about the impact of the Amazon fires on global warming and wind patterns

HFC phase down amendment favourable but not perfect

Questions around financing and acquisition of new generation fluoro-chemicals still remain

Air pollution causes premature deaths in India, says study

The Global Burden of Disease estimates rank pollution as the fifth largest killer in India, according to the World Health Organization

Smelly bargain

Developing nations insist that industrialised countries are reneging on their part of the deal in cleaning up the atmosphere

The will is there, but not the funds

India has prepared a detailed plan to phase out chemicals that destroy the ozone layer, but its implementation is subject to aid from the …

Ozone layer depletion confirmed

A recent report says the intensity of ultraviolet radiation striking an Argentine town has risen, confirming fears about ozone depletion

CFC phaseout timing sparks North-South row

The recent conference in Geneva, held to discuss moving up the date set for phasing out CFCs, got stuck over the question of aid to developing …

A blueprint and not a plan

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Goodbye, freon

Russian researchers have come up with a power-saving and ozone-friendly refrigerator which operates without a motor and uses a semiconductor as …

'Hole' of a problem!

As concern for the ozone layer mounts, two more chemicals have been found to have a degenerating effect on the protective shield

He search is on

Seed varieties resistant to ozone would help enhance crop yields in areas which are exposed to high ozone levels

Debate renewed on blame for global warming

THE 1990-91 edition of World Resources, brought out by the Washington-based World Resources Institute (WRI), concluded developing countries as a …