‘Solid, liquid waste may have overtaken fertilisers as the biggest source of N2O emissions’

Nandula Raghuram, chair of International Nitrogen Initiative, talks to DTE on the rise in nitrous oxide emissions, its repurcussions and …

Unmasking aerosols

Forget health impacts, tiny particles floating in the air are altering regional climates and affecting monsoon patterns and agricultural yield. …

The ozone threat

Alternatives to banned ozone-depleting substances may jeopardise the effectiveness of the Montreal Protocol

Fig leaf for the business world

That is what the Montreal Protocol, meant to do away with ozone depleting substances, has become. India's phase out programme under the protocol …

Energy consumption patterns vary in Asia

The US and the EU clash again

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2022 too short, too far: Environment news you should not miss

Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from 2022

Global Environmental Governance

Global environmental negotiations on issues such as climate change, biodiversity and desertification often seem to be far removed from the …

Hush!

The refrigerant and air conditioning industry in India remains quiet about its moves post 2002 when it stops using chlorofluorocarbons. Is it …

A case of myopia?

For manufacturers of ozone destorying substances in the South its time to make a tough call. The protocol brings the bigwigs of the North-based …

Thinning heavens

Depleting cover

Forest cover in Europe is decreasing at an alarming rate, says a new study

Valid excuse

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Workshop aims at complete climate solution for sustainable future

This should be done in a way so as to synchronise improvements in energy efficiency and make a transition to low global warming potential alternatives

Disarming the disastrous

Attempts are on to convert ozone depleting chlorofluorocarbons into more innocuous substances like table salt

The lesser evil

Attempts are on to find replacements for deadly ozone depleting substances (ODS) such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)

Temporary gain

CSE warns no one is safe from deadly ozone pollution

Civil Lines, Lutyens’ Delhi and hospitals are high risk zones, says latest CSE analysis

Heat wave leads to deadly ozone pollution in Delhi: CSE analysis

Rising NOx levels and volatile gases in the air, primarily from vehicles, form the recipe for ozone

Trouble in the air

The winter of 1995-96 has witnessed record lows in the levels of ozone in some areas of the Northern Hemisphere, affecting Europe in particular

Gone with the wind

Findings from a recent study conducted in Pakistan and Egypt by researchers from the Imperial College, London, suggest that a secondary pollutant,…

Cod crisis

The European Union imposes strict restrictions on cod farming. But it could be too late

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