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Chemical ban helping ozone hole recover: Nasa

The Antarctic ozone hole should continue to recover gradually as CFCs leave the atmosphere, but complete recovery will take decades

1 min read9 Jan 2018
Opinion

Do we live in gas chambers?

Hitler had built gas chambers for the Jews, whom he hated the most. But our rulers have turned our cities and villages, where their voters live, into gas chambers

3 min read19 Nov 2017
Science

Nasa says Earth’s ozone hole shrivels to smallest since 1988

Nasa says in 2017 the ozone hole is more than twice as big as the US, but it's 1.3 million square miles less than last year and 3.3 million square miles smaller than 2015

1 min read4 Nov 2017
Science

Ozone layer is under new threat, says study

Researchers find substances such as dichloromethane could endanger the earth’s ozone layer and are not regulated under the current global treaty to stop their production

2 min read13 Oct 2017
Politics

India launches second stage of HCFCs phaseout plan

It is estimated that with the second stage plan, there would be a net direct CO2 equivalent emission reductions of about 8.5 million metric tonnes annually from 2023

2 min read7 Mar 2017
Science

August 2016 hottest month ever recorded, says Nasa

Although the seasonal temperature cycle typically peaks in July, August 2016 wound up tied with July 2016 for the warmest month ever recorded

1 min read13 Sep 2016
Science

Signs of ‘healing’ ozone layer over Antarctic

A study attributed the ozone's recovery to the 'continuing decline of atmospheric chlorine originating from chlorofluorocarbons

1 min read1 Jul 2016
Politics

Earth Day and what it means to the world

Issues like global warming, deforestation, ozone layer depletion and pollution are causing irreparable damage to the environment

3 min read22 Apr 2015
Politics

Fragile ozone layer shows first sign of recovery: UN

Experts say it was largely down to global actiona 1987 ban on man-made gases that damage the high-altitude screen

2 min read11 Sep 2014
News

India blocks talks to cut greenhouse gases using ozone treaty

Negotiators are trying to use the wrong treaty to bring about changes, says India

2 min read23 Oct 2013
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