Sentences with phrase «focussed on ozone»

Scientists are focussed on ozone depletion in the stratosphere and its part in Antarctic ice extent.

The air quality issues in the EPA are almost all focused on ozone.

Alexander Mangold from the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium explains the resarch he does at the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica station, which focuses on ozone and aerosols in the atmosphere.

Ross Gelbspan's association with Ozone Action likely began sometime between their switch in December 1995 from pure focus on ozone depletion to one which also concerned climate change (happening in the same month that Gelbspan first publicly mentioned his «industry corruption» findings), and their March 1996 «Ties That Blind» report mentioning that he and they «obtained» industry documents.

Not exact matches

Speaking outside St. Mary Gate of Heaven church in Ozone Park Malliotakis laid out her broad campaign themes and parried repeated questions focused on the many electoral challenges she faces.

Brock LeBaron, deputy director of Utah's Division of Air Quality, which has funded some of the work in the basin and been focusing on reducing ozone pollution there, said that upcoming efforts to improve air quality should also result in reduced methane emissions in the near future.

«I think people, myself included, had been too focused on October, because that's when the ozone hole is enormous, in its full glory,» Solomon says.

Work then will also focus on studying to what extent chlorine - activated and ozone - depleted air masses will make its way into the densely populated middle latitudes.

Previous research focused on ways to limit the ozone - damaging reactions produced by nonreactive aerosols.

Houston, it turned out, had focused on controlling the wrong emissions from the wrong sources to lower its ozone levels, says Daniel Cohan, an associate professor of environmental engineering at Rice University.

Haas (1991) focuses on the politics behind the Montreal Protocol in «Policy Responses to Stratospheric Ozone Depletion.»

For my post-doctoral project, I decided to focus on the question, «to what extent can atmospheric pollutants, such as CO2 and ozone, exert a selective effect on woody plant species, and how are the resulting changes in the genetic composition of the plant community likely to affect the animals that feed on them?»

That's because Buick focused on making a few minor changes that resulted in major improvements.The»94 Park Avenue Ultra we tested offered dual air bags, four - wheel anti-lock brakes, traction control, heated seats, radio and temperature controls in the steering - wheel hub, ozone - friendly air conditioning, a 20 - horsepower boost in the supercharged V - 6 engine, and remote, keyless entry.

This work is the proposed document of that exchange, focusing on one of the imagined beasts known as Panotti whose large ears afford it extraordinary sensitivity and other evolutionary specifics that allow them to survive in the age of No Ozone.

Focusing on the natural world, the Brazilian artist creates works that visualize changes that occur with the passage of time, like erosion, rising sea levels, and the depletion of the ozone layer.

Their measurements, focusing on a time period in September each year — during which time the colder temperatures in the atmosphere promote the reactions that destroy ozone so that the hole is opening up — show that since 2000, the hole has shrunk by 1.7 million square miles, an area more than half the size of the continental United States.

Though there are critiques of the science behind the evidence of harm from ozone concentrations of ~ 75 parts per billion, I'd like to focus on an outcome of the ozone tightening that the NYT implies is nothing but an industry talking point:

The latest edition, which is titled «Saving the Ozone Layer: Phasing Out Ozone Depleting Substances in Developing Countries,» includes a focus on hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), which are being phased out under the Protocol but are commonly used as both refrigerants and foam blowing agents.

This collection of Fact Sheets focuses on the work undertaken by UNIDO, in its capacity as Implementing Agency of the Montreal Protocol, to phase - out ozone depleting substances which also are high global warming potential gases, by introducing alternatives with zero ozone - depleting potential and low global warming potential.

One of the focuses of this exposition was on new lower global warming potential (GWP) technologies that are bursting onto the Chinese market, to replace the ozone depleting substances (Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs)-RRB- that have been and are being phased - out under the Montreal Protocol.

However, today of all days, it's important to focus on the positives and to consider why the global ozone regime remains as relevant as ever.

Users of chemistry - climate models (CCMs) with particular focus on long - term numerical simulations using CCMs for the detailed investigation of model feedbacks between ozone chemistry, ozone depleting substance (ODS) trends, and climate.

We note that our interpretation that SSTs have played a role in forcing Antarctic climate change is not necessarily at odds with interpretations that focus on the role of stratospheric ozone depletion (e.g. Thompson and Solomon 2002; Perlwitz et al. 2008; Son et al. 2009).

Our results point to the need for future observational and modeling studies to focus on the regional and seasonal characteristics of Antarctic climate change, the regional response to ozone depletion, the influence of tropical variability and climate change on Antarctic climate, and on the mechanisms that link sea ice and air temperature in Antarctica.

He seemed to be taking a sensibly optimistic attitude towards environmental problems, pointing to our successes in fixing up pollution problems, the ozone layer and so on, rather than focusing on doomsday scenarios.

Zaelke and the team at IGSD will continue to focus on maximizing the climate - change mitigation potential of the ozone treaty through the destruction of CFCs and HCFCs contained in old air conditioners and other equipment.

He later helped organize Green Corps, a nonprofit focused on grassroots organizing, and the group was hired as a contractor for Ozone Action, which prodded politicians to address climate change and protect the Earth's ozone lOzone Action, which prodded politicians to address climate change and protect the Earth's ozone lozone layer.

The press called it «a double ozone hole», focusing upon the holes and not on the croissant.

All the major auto giants are now focusing on manufacturing energy efficient vehicles, which will run on low fossil fuel and also that will help in reducing the CO2 in atmosphere and eventually will control the Ozone depletion.

The analysis, reported in the November issue of Energy Policy, focused on how three environmental changes (increases in temperature, carbon dioxide and ozone) associated with human activity will affect crops, pastures and forests.

Further, within my field, atmospheric chemistry, we are very much focused on the other forcings; aerosol and tropospheric ozone, for instance.