The ozone layer over Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands and Scandinavia has dwindled to worrying levels nearly as low as those found in the Antarctic, the European Space Agency (ESA)

Antarctic ozone hole smaller this year, says NASA

The Union government and the United Nations Development Programme signed an agreement in New Delhi to channel nearly Rs 11 crore of aid money to 20 private firms for eliminating the use of

India and some of the developing nations, stung by the lopsided technology transfer rules imposed by the West under the Montreal Protocol on ozone layer protection, are now trying to negotiate the

Los Angeles has long been the most polluted city in the US, but Houston appears poised to take over that dubious title. City officials said that Houstan has had 44 days in 1999 where ozone levels

Citizens in most European Union countries were exposed to dangerous levels of the harmful gas ozone during the summer of 1999,according to data released by the European Commission

The M55-Geophysica spyplane was once the pride of the Soviet secret services, unknown outside intelligence circles and unlisted in aircraft reference works. But the hush-hush high-altitude aircraft

Finally there is some good news for environmentalists. Latest images provided by Nasa show the disturbing and potentially harmful hole in the ozone layer is shrinking. While the hole is still a

Shortage of funds may prevent developing countries from phasing out CFCs

India has received for the first time a grant-in-aid for the processing sector under a Montreal Protocol scheme to phase out the use and production of the chlorofluorocarbon(CFC) and other