Latest Ozone depletion Stories

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A NASA-led study has documented an unprecedented depletion of Earth's protective ozone layer above the Arctic last winter and spring caused by an unusually prolonged period of extremely low temperatures in the stratosphere. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The study, published online Sunday in the journal Nature, finds the amount of ozone destroyed in the Arctic in 2011 was comparable to that seen in some years...

A recent trial at a local San Antonio hotel using the Ecotex Laundry Oxidation System, has yielded results proving the company's claim that significant savings can be realized in water, natural gas, chemical use, and labor. San Antonio, Texas (PRWEB) September 27, 2011 A recent trial at a local San Antonio hotel using the Ecotex Laundry Oxidation System, has yielded results proving the company's claim that significant savings can be realized in water, natural gas, chemical use, and...

Scientists are warning that death rates linked to climate change will increase in several European countries over the next 60 years. A new study, which will be presented today (27 September 2011) at the European Respiratory Society's Annual Congress in Amsterdam, predicts that Belgium, France, Spain and Portugal will see the biggest climate-induced increase in ozone-related deaths over the next 60 yrs. The research is part of the Climate-TRAP project and its health impact assessment...

  NASA said on Friday that its Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) will most likely miss North America. Scientists have still not pinpointed exactly where the 13,000-pound satellite is going to end up. The space agency said the odds of a piece of debris striking a person are about 1-in-3,200.  Scientists predict 26 pieces of debris will survive Earth's atmosphere, weighing a total of 1,100 pounds. UARS will re-enter Earth's atmosphere sometime Friday afternoon, but NASA...

   ESA’s Envisat observation satellite yesterday completed its 50,000th circuit of Earth – travelling 2.25 billion km since its launch nearly a decade ago. Envisat orbits our planet every 100 minutes, speeding along at more than seven kilometers per second. During this milestone spin around the world on 22 September, the satellite passed from the Arctic to the Antarctic, catching glimpses of northern Greenland and New Zealand. Launched on 28 February 2002, the lorry-sized...

  NASA said there is a 1-in-3,200 risk that a person who is minding their own business might find themselves being chased down by a defunct satellite the size of a tour bus traveling at 17,500-miles-per-hour. Of course, the odds of that exact scenario are higher, but the space agency did warn of the potential risk of being hit by falling debris from its Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS). According to estimates, the satellite will arrive back into Earth's atmosphere between...

  A 20-year-old defunct satellite is expected to fall to Earth sometime next week, NASA officials announced on Friday. According to the Associated Press (AP), the U.S. space agency now predicts that the nearly seven-ton Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) will re-enter Earth's atmosphere on September 23, plus or minus one day. "NASA scientists have calculated the satellite will break into 26 pieces as it gets closer to Earth," the AP said. "The odds of it hitting someone...

  In his new book, ‘Deep-Sky Companions: The Secret Deep,’ Stephen James O'Meara presents 109 new objects for stargazers to observe. The Secret Deep contains many exceptional objects, including a planetary nebula whose last thermal pulse produced a circumstellar shell similar to the one expected in the final days of our Sun's life; a piece of the only supernova remnant known visible to the unaided eye; the flattest galaxy known; the largest edge-on galaxy in the heavens; the brightest...

Tersano, manufacturer and distributor of the lotus PRO cleaning system, has announced the release of its Ozone Stabilization Modules. Shipping of the company's newest technology has begun to key accounts across North America, with full roll-out to all customers starting in mid-September. They have also confirmed their attendance at this year's ISSA/Interclean Conference in Las Vegas, NV. Windsor, Ontario (PRWEB) September 01, 2011 After a lengthy research and development process...

Public Health at Risk, Health Advocacy Organization Says RESTON, Va., Sept. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Gary Cohen, founder and president of Health Care Without Harm, issued the following statement in response to President Obama's decision to postpone EPA's updating of the regulation of ozone, as required by the Clean Air Act. "We are deeply disappointed that President Obama has postponed updating these regulations, as required by the science and law. In the interim, lives will be...