The Republican Congressmen in the US continue to go hammer and tongs against all things environmental. This time it is the ozone layer. Led by representative John T Doolittle,

The hole in the ozone shield is growing faster than ever, warns a recent report

Japanese scientists arrive at new method's for safe disposal of CFCs

The fourth UN world conference on women has been underway (September 4-15) in Beijing, China. Weighty -issues being discussed in the conference include action to alleviate poverty,

India's time threatens to run out as the ozone phase out fund goes miserly

The international community may agree to do without chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) -- the chemicals identified as being primarily responsible for the depletion of the earth's ozone shield -- but the

European scientists have found evidence of ozone levels over the Arctic declining by about 50 per cent between the altitudes of 16 and 18 km (Nature, Vol 374, No 6522). The Second European

The ozone layer over the Antarctica was nearly as severely depleted in November last year as it was in 1993, when it reached a record low, reveal several airborne and space sensors. According to

Studies reveal that falling ozone concentration could partly offset global warming