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Q#6: What Slowed Ozone Hole Recovery?
It may take 15 years longer to recover from the age old injuries than anticipated. It's the gaping hole in the ozone layer above Antarctica. But, the question is - who or what is the culprit that is decelerating the recovery of the ozone hole? Old...
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The Ozone Hole Fact Sheet
What is Ozone Hole? The ozone hole is a thinning break in the ozone layer. A depletion in the ozone layers called an 'ozone hole' when the detected amount of depletion exceeds 50%. It was first discovered over the South Pole in the 1980s. I THE...
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Results At A Glance: The 2005 Kyoto Conference at Montreal
In the final days of the climate conference, the Canadian bid to draw Washington into future global talks on climate change went unsuccessful. The United States on Wednesday rejected the Canadian bid. The new round that would extend mandatory cutbacks..
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Ozone Layer Recovery May Take Longer Time Than Expected: Scientists
We all know the layer of ozone in the earth's upper atmosphere protects life from harmful ultraviolet radiation. But it is unfortunate that we have damaged it by continuously producing and emitting artificial chemicals. And now, scientists fear that...
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Failing Ocean Current May Lead to Mini Ice Age
Does history really repeats itself? Should we go back to the ice age again? The ocean current that balms the Western Europe's climate and pampers the habitants there is claimed to be stuttering. It is raising fears that it might eventually fail...
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Global Warming to Cut Duck Population to Half by 2050: Study Warns
After the whales and several dominant insect species, the ducks seem to fall victim in the hands of global warming. According to a new study published in the journal BioScience, the gradual warming of the Upper Midwest could cut the duck population in..
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Global Warming is Mounting in the Arctic
What would life be like if snow stops falling on the freezing tundra of the Arctic Circle? Life is harsh there now, true. But, if snow stops falling there life would be harsher. In recent years, snows have failed to fall as normal across large parts of.
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Blair Should Expand Nuclear Power: Adviser
Climate change in UK needs to be stemmed immediately. Britain's Tony Blair should give the go-ahead for an expansion of nuclear power generation. The prime minister's chief scientific adviser said this on Sunday. Adviser David King also rejected...
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Climate Change Imperils World Fish Stocks And Thus The Poor Countries: WWF
With climate change warning several marine lives and coral reefs, keeping aside the cataclysms it can create on land and its habitats, how can it spare fish stocks! The fish stocks already under pressure from over-fishing, pollution and habitat loss,...
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