Rocket Launches May Need Regulation to Prevent Ozone Depletion

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A Delta rocket launches NASA’s Mars Phoenix Lander mission from Cape Kennedy in 2007.  Image courtesy NASA. University of Colorado March 31, 2009 The global market for rocket launches may require more stringent regulation in order to prevent significant damage to Earth’s stratospheric ozone layer in the decades to come, according to a new study … Read more

Rajendra Madhavrao Shende

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Rajendra Madhavrao Shende (born 13 July 1949) was the head of the OzonAction Branch of the United Nations Environment Programme, Division of the Technology, Industry and Economics (UNEP DTIE). He was also Review Editor for the IPCC Special report on Technology Transfer. He was also Coordinating Lead Author for the IPCC/TEAP special report] on safeguarding … Read more