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New Antarctic study shows levels of ‘forever chemicals’ reaching the remote continent have been increasing

Envirotec Magazine

Concentrations of this chemical in the snow cores increased significantly from around the year 2000 until the core was taken in 2017. The Montreal Protocol certainly provided huge benefits and protection to the ozone, the climate and to us all.

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Nitrous oxide levels are on the rise

Envirotec Magazine

Nitrous oxide is a greenhouse gas and one of the main stratospheric ozone depleting substances on the planet. TgN y-1 (approximately 10% of the global total) between 2000–2005 and 2010–2015. According to new research, we are releasing more of it into the atmosphere than previously thought.

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Air Travel and Climate Change

Green Market Oracle

Nitrogen oxides produced by air travel increases ozone concentrations in the upper troposphere which warms the planet more than it would at lower altitudes. Between 1985 and 2000 passenger air traffic has doubled and air cargo traffic has grown even more quickly. tonnes of CO2, that is the equivalent of more than 3 months of driving.

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Why is the idea of the Anthropocene so contentious?

Grist

The atmospheric chemist had won a Nobel Prize in 1995 for demonstrating how humanity was destroying the ozone layer, just one of the many ways people had radically altered the planet, from urbanization to releasing greenhouse gases. But it wasn’t until 2000 that the idea really took off.

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Understand more about Disinfection at lesser hazard

Econaur

Chlorine, Ozone, Sodium hypochlorite, Chlorine Di-Oxide , even non-chemical methods of disintegrating the pathogens like UV and IR also used many times, especially for water purification. To resolve this for disinfection of surfaces and contact points like handles etc. It is recommended to use oxidisers as disinfectants.

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Understanding the Anthropocene, Resilience Thinking, and the Future of Industry

Green Business Bureau

The word Anthropocene was coined by biologist Eugene Stormer and chemist Paul Crutzen in 2000 and has since gained popularity and acclaim. . Stratospheric ozone depletion – The stratospheric ozone layer in the atmosphere filters out ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun.

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A Texas Community Is Being Bombarded by Cancer-Causing Benzene. State Officials Have Known for Nearly Two Decades

DeSmogBlog

Glenn Shankle — who held the executive director’s job from 2004 to 2008 — said the staff of Rick Perry, a Republican who served as Texas governor from 2000 to 2015, sometimes called his office to question the agency’s enforcement decisions. Honeycutt did not respond to calls and emails from Public Health Watch.