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Recovering Ozone Layer

By ShamsSeptember 19, 2007Environmentozone layer, recovering ozone layer

After the first discovery of “Ozone Layer” over the Antarctic and more recently over Arctic, groups meeting in Montreal this week are pushing forward for a phase-out of HCFCs (hydrochlorofluorocarbons) 10 years earlier than scheduled. This will reduce cumulatively 18 to 25 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide. HCFCs are now currently used in refrigerators and air-conditions instead of CFCs(chlorofluorocarbons). The aim is to recover Ozone layer to healthy pre-1980 levels. (more…)

Signs of Climate Change

By ShamsJuly 24, 2007Environmentclimate changes, floods, Nature

Something is Changing……Flood killed more than 7000 people world-wide last year. In recent weeks heavy rainfall in China killed over 400 and more than 700 have been killed in South Asia by flooding. This year’s flood in Britain is an event that can stastisticalls occur in every 30 to 50 years. But the flood in […]

Byproducts of Urban life

By ShamsJuly 6, 2007Environment

Urban life produces severe byproducts harmful to its ecosystem. Sewage is one such example. It is a type of wastewater that includes human faeces, household wastes that drains out as end-product. Developed countries pay highest attention to this issue as not only public health but the surrounding ecosystem, specially fisheries in the nearby rivers and […]

San Francisco Solar Map!!

By ShamsJune 27, 2007EnvironmentSan Francisco Solar Map

The San Francisco Solar Map, first of its type, will show you the solar activity around the city of SF. Currently 585 houses are producing energy from solar technology of about 3548 MWh. By 2010 the goal is for an annual savings of $7M. It’s not much but the environmental impact is huge. A green […]

Category Archives: Environment

Recovering Ozone Layer

Signs of Climate Change

Byproducts of Urban life

San Francisco Solar Map!!