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What we're doing Right
Better living through green chemistry
10th December 2009
Chemists are coming up with safer ways to manufacture modern comforts, from plastics to pesticides – and it can be much, much cheaper in the long run
Why it matters
An amphibious assault
14th June 2008
Around the world, frogs and toads are falling victim to a loss of habitat, pesticides, pollution and an insidious, quick-acting fungus. And now they are going extinct faster than any other animals since the dinosaurs
Why it matters
The ozone conundrum
10th May 2008
The hole in the ozone layer slows global warming – but what we really need to do is limit our greenhouse gas emissions
What we're doing Wrong
The sulphate solution
10th May 2008
Artificially spraying the skies with sulphur to abate climate change would destroy up to 75 per cent of the ozone above the Arctic
What we're doing Wrong
Cool air in the hot seat
15th December 2007
Refrigerants brought in to replace those that were destroying the ozone layer have a different set of problems: they are potent greenhouse gases
What we're doing Right
The hole truth
1st November 2007
A success story and cautionary tale: the atmosphere can recover from our tampering, but it needs strong international agreements