Explorer

World Ozone Layer Day 2020: Know The Significance Of This Day

Today marks the World Ozone Layer Day, the life protecting life-protecting layer in the earth’s atmosphere. Know why the day is observed.

New Delhi: World Ozone Layer Day is observed every year on September 16th to remember the life-protecting layer in the earth’s atmosphere. This year’s slogan is “Ozone For Life”.“On Ozone Day we celebrate 35 years of the Vienna Convention to Protect the Ozone Layer and its Montreal Protocol, which united the world to cut out gases creating a hole in the ozone layer. We need this same sense of purpose and collaboration to address all environmental threats," Inger Anderson, Executive Director, UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) said in a video message for World Ozone Day. ALSO READ| Mahalaya 2020: Durga Puja To Be Celebrated A Month After Mahalaya This Year; Check Dates & Know Significance Of The Day In the 1970s it was observed by scientists that the ozone layer was depleting because of the gases used in air conditioning and refrigerators. This posed as a danger as the harmful UV rays from the sun could then enter the earth and cause severe health risks like skin cancer. “In 1985, the world’s governments adopted the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer. Under the Convention’s Montreal Protocol, governments, scientists, and industry worked together to cut out 99 percent of all ozone-depleting substances,” the UN Environment website reads. In 2019, the Kigali Amendment came into force as a follow-up to the Montreal Protocol, which is meant to reduce greenhouse gases which cause global warming, the latest cause of worry for nations. This year, due to the pandemic there was a reduction in pollution which hastened the healing on the life-protecting layer some experts believe. Although a hole which is about three times the size of Greenland was found, it was a "record-level" ozone hole over the Arctic - the biggest since 2011 but it has now closed according to the UN World Meteorological Organisation. Even though, the coronavirus lockdowns resulted in a significant reduction in air pollution, some scientists said, the occurrence of the hole healing "was completely unrelated to COVID". A report from the United Nations says that the ozone layer could be totally healed by 2060 if the pollution is reduced.
View More
Advertisement
Advertisement
25°C
New Delhi
Rain: 100mm
Humidity: 97%
Wind: WNW 47km/h
See Today's Weather
powered by
Accu Weather
Advertisement

Top Headlines

ED Conducts Raids Across Cities On Sellers Of E-Commerce Platforms Amazon, Flipkart
ED Conducts Raids Across Cities On Sellers Of E-Commerce Platforms Amazon, Flipkart
Prayagraj: Two Groups Of Akhada Parishad Clash During Meeting On Mahakumbh, Several Seers Injured
Prayagraj: Two Groups Of Akhada Parishad Clash During Meeting On Mahakumbh, Several Seers Injured
Shah Rukh Khan Threatened By Chhattisgarh Thief? Here's What Mumbai Police Investigation Revealed
Is 'Hindustani', Who Threatened SRK, A Thief? Here's What Probe Has Revealed So Far
BJP Slams Congress Over 'Blank' Constitution Books At Rahul Gandhi's Event In Nagpur, Party Responds
BJP Slams Congress Over 'Blank' Constitution Books At Rahul Gandhi's Event In Nagpur, Party Responds
Advertisement
ABP Premium

Videos

US Presidential Election 2024: 'I Will Fight for Your Future' Says Trump After Election VictoryUS Presidential Election 2024: 'Thank You to the American People,' Says Donald Trump After VictoryUS Presidential Election 2024: Donald Trump’s Address After VictoryUS Presidential Election 2024: 'We Will Make America Great Again,' Says Donald Trump After Victory

Photo Gallery

Embed widget