20th Anniversary of
ozone hole discovery – International Ozone Day

Friday (16 September) is International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer.

This year scientists at British Antarctic Survey (BAS) commemorate their discovery of the Antarctic ‘ozone hole’ 20 years ago and commend the historic international agreement (the Montreal Protocol 1987) that will lead to its eventual recovery.

The International Day for the preservation of the Ozone Layer was celebrated across the globe this week.

Organised by the United Nations Environment Programme, the theme and title of this year’s event was: “Save our Sky – There is a hole lot more to do.”

ON September 16th every year, the world observes International Ozone Day as attention is focused on the importance of the Ozone and the effects of our activities on increasing Ozone depleting substances being released into the atmosphere.

This year, the theme is ‘Universal participation: Ozone protection unifies the world’. This theme is intended to highlight the fact that the Montreal Protocol is one of the most widely endorsed environmental agreements in the world today.

The ozone layer plays an important role in blocking out the ultra-violet (UV) rays that originate from the Sun.

This is why it is so important that we all have an understanding of the Ozone and its role in helping to keep Earth safe and healthy.