Environment – Page 2 – Distilled Stories

Carbon credits or Carbon offset

Credit for greenhouse emissions reduced or removed from the atmosphere from an emission reduction project, which can be used

20 Dec

Carbon Footprint is calculated for the following reasons: To manage the footprint and reduce the emissions To report the

01 Dec

The total amount of greenhouse gases produced (by an individual, organization, event or product) to directly and indirectly

24 Nov

Resist from use of pesticides Discourage driving of private vehicles Utilize environmentally friendly cleaning products

20 Oct

Damage to human health Devastation to environment Many crop species are vulnerable to strong UV light – lead to minimal

18 Oct

Due to human activity – human made chemicals that contain chlorine or bromine – known as ODS (Ozone Depleting

16 Oct

Ozone Layer is important because of the following reasons: Ability to block solar radiations of wavelengths less than 290

04 Oct

Greenhouse Gas inventories are the stimates of all emissions and removals of greenhouse gases from given sources or sinks

13 Sep

Ozone layer normally develops when a few kinds of electrical discharge or radiation split the 2 atoms in an oxygen molecule

03 Sep

Ozone layer sits in the lower region of the stratosphere from about 20-30 km above earth’s surface. Thickness about 3-5 mm

13 Aug

Human made chemicals – HFCs reach stratosphere and deplete the ozone layer via a profound series of chemical

23 Jul

Calculation and evaluation of the environmentally relevant inputs and outputs and the potential environmental impacts of the

01 Jul