The ozone layer is healing, and it could be intact again by 2050
We may have spent decades getting ourselves into the mess that is the depletion of the ozone layer, but now new research suggests it’s on the healing path thanks to our concerted effort to reduce harmful gases. It has been almost 30 years since nations around the world signed the Montreal Protocol to ban the use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) from products like aerosols and refrigerators to…
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Ireland could gain EUR27bn via digital single market
BCG says leading role could yield up 190,000 jobs in next four years Ireland could benefit potential for thousands of new jobs and up to €27 billion to the economy by 2020 by taking the lead in the EU’s digital single market. According to research on from Boston Consulting Group, such a move could yield between 140,000 and 190,000 jobs in the next four years in…
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