THE race to save the depleting ozone layer may yet be won. Scientists belonging to the Yale University in New Haven, us, announced recently that they have discovered a new method by

Environmentalists exchange victory signs as three Atmospheric scientists and an anti nuclear activist are awarded Nobel prize

With anti nuclear sentiments riding High today, porticularly in developing Countries it is appropriate that the hd Peace Prize went to an active besnifter inespon campaigner - ob 1, 11 and his

A recent exhibition on the Earth had children in the Capital enthralled.

Even as the Uttar Pradesh government faces a barrage of criticism for its otherwise lacklustre performance, it has undertaken an impressive afforestation programme that state forest secretary

EMISSIONS of sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides play a key role in the formation of acid rain and consequently, the acidification of soils. Production of nitrogen oxides leads to ozone build-up in

Volcanic explosions don't only throw up a lot of dust and kill thousands of people. Even two years after a flare up, weather patterns in distant places can be affected.

MOTIVATED by the need for a holistic understanding of the impact of human activity on the earth's natural phenomena, scientists in the last decade have been studying the earth as an entire system,

New measurement techniques show the level of atmospheric oxygen is decreasing in direct proportion to the burning of fossil fuels. These techniques allow scientists to monitor how much carbon dioxide can be absorbed by the oceans.

Though the bracketed chapter on atmosphere was resolved in Rio, OPEC nations continue to feel dissatisfied

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