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Sunday, March 15, 2026
TopicOzone

Topic: Ozone

Healing ozone may recover to 1980s level in 25 years, but monitoring still critical—WMO report

Ozone levels in 2024 have been highest since 2020. Ozone filters out UV radiation which is responsible for higher prevalence of skin cancer and cataracts.

CSE report finds high ground-level ozone in 10 Indian metros between 2020-2024, ‘green areas’ hotspots

Report by Delhi think tank Centre for Science & Environment found ozone levels also increased in non-metropolitan areas compared to last yr & persisted beyond summer months.

Iodine emissions depleting ozone near Earth’s surface, says study. And climate change is culprit

Global warming causing Arctic ice to melt allows more iodine in ocean to react with ozone near earth's surface, leading to ozone depletion, finds study published in Nature Geosciences.

On Camera

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.