Tag: Ozone Layer: 30th anniversary

• Thursday, May 29th 2025 - 14:49 UTC

  Forty years since the discovery of the ozone hole by a team of BAS scientists

  

  This month, the world will mark the 40th anniversary of a moment that changed the course of history: the publication in Nature of ground-breaking research that presented the discovery of the ozone hole more precisely on 16 May 1985.

• Saturday, September 16th 2017 - 07:53 UTC

  Preservation of the Ozone Layer: 30th anniversary of the Montreal Protocol

  

  The United Nations’ International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer is celebrated on the 16th September every year. Commemorating the 1987 signing of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, the day advocates activities that create awareness on topics related to climate change and ozone depletion.