Ozone layer repairing
The hole in the ozone layer is the thinnest it has been for three decades; the ozone layer is important in protecting the earth from the sun's harmful radiation and had grown thinner as a result of the use of substances containing chlorofluorocarbons which are now banned
US not expected to attend climate summit
President Trump is expected to give the UN Climate Change summit a miss on Monday 23rd September; it is thought that the US is not intending to commit to any climate change reduction targets as they already pulled out of the Paris Agreement in 2016
Smog pollution across south-east Asia
Every year, around this time in September, the skies of south-east Asia are full of smog and pollution; this is due to farmers who use a slash-and-burn clearance method to burn forests and make space for new palm oil and paper plantations
The hole in the ozone layer is the thinnest it has been for three decades; the ozone layer is important in protecting the earth from the sun's harmful radiation and had grown thinner as a result of the use of substances containing chlorofluorocarbons which are now banned
US not expected to attend climate summit
President Trump is expected to give the UN Climate Change summit a miss on Monday 23rd September; it is thought that the US is not intending to commit to any climate change reduction targets as they already pulled out of the Paris Agreement in 2016
Smog pollution across south-east Asia
Every year, around this time in September, the skies of south-east Asia are full of smog and pollution; this is due to farmers who use a slash-and-burn clearance method to burn forests and make space for new palm oil and paper plantations