World Ozone Day, or International Day for the preservation for Ozone layer

๐Ÿ›‘ 16 SEPTEMBER

๐ŸŸข World Ozone Day, or International Day for the preservation for Ozone layer

๐Ÿ”ด Theme 2020 : "Ozone for life: 35 years of ozone layer protection"

๐Ÿ’  The day was designated by the United Nations General Assembly on December 19, 2000, to commemorate the  signing of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer in 1987

๐Ÿ’  World’s governments adopted the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer in 1985

๐Ÿ’  The Ozone layer is a piece of the atmosphere that has high ozone concentrations.Ozone is a gas that is made of three oxygen atoms O3

๐Ÿ”น Atmosphere  is  rich  in Ozone  gas  -  Stratosphere

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