World Ozone Day 2025: Significance, origins, theme this year - everything you need to knowWorld Ozone Day, observed annually on September 16th, highlights the ozone layer's vital role in protecting Earth from harmful UV radiation...
16 Sep, 2025, 07.42 AM IST
Ozone layer on track to return to 1980s levels by mid-century, says WMO reportA new WMO report indicates the ozone layer is healing, potentially reaching 1980s levels by mid-century, thanks to the Montreal Protocol's ...
16 Sep, 2025, 07.34 AM IST
Ozone hole largest on record over past 3 years, new research findsContrary to public perception, the Antarctic ozone hole has been among the largest on record over the past three years, according to new re...
22 Nov, 2023, 01.26 PM IST
Antarctica's Ozone hole grows to record size, worrying expertsNew observations from the Copernicus Sentinel 5P Satellite show that the ozone hole over Antarctica is expanding rapidly, reaching unpreced...
07 Oct, 2023, 04.03 PM IST
World Ozone Day: How is the Earth's ozone layer doing, 28 years on?Earth's ozone layer is designed in such a way that most of the harmful radiation from our solar system's central star is dissipated, but in...
16 Sep, 2022, 12.54 PM IST
India has successfully phased out production, consumption of ozone depleting substances, says MoS ChoubeyReferring to Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, which was recently ratified by India, the minister said issues relating to minimisi...
16 Sep, 2021, 05.39 PM IST
Today is World Ozone Day: Know its significanceThe day marks the anniversary of the Montreal Protocol which was signed to keep in check Ozone depleting substances.
16 Sep, 2021, 11.51 AM IST
Cabinet approves ratification of global agreement on phase down of hydrofluorocarbonsA national strategy for phase down of hydrofluorocarbons will be developed after required consultation with all the industry stakeholders b...
18 Aug, 2021, 07.02 PM IST
Antarctic Ozone hole is healing: IIT Kharagpur studyWhile the world is debating on climate change and global warming, the findings by CORAL researchers have given environmentalists a reason t...
30 Nov, 2018, 11.17 AM IST
Antarctic ozone hole expands to record levels: NASAThe 2015 Antarctic ozone hole area was larger and formed later than in recent years, scientists from NASA and NOAA have said.
30 Oct, 2015, 04.39 PM IST
Javadekar stresses on research to combat climate changeEnvironment minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday said that the challenge of climate change can be overcome with technology and research.
16 Sep, 2015, 06.33 PM IST
Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar stresses on research to combat climate changeEnvironment Minister Prakash Javadekar today said that the challenge of climate change can be overcome with technology and research.
16 Sep, 2015, 04.27 PM IST
Montreal Protocol helped slow down ozone depletionThe researchers suggest that the hole in the ozone layer over the Antarctic would have grown in size by an additional 40 per cent by 2013.
27 May, 2015, 05.05 PM IST
New ozone-destroying gases on the rise: StudyThe ozone layer faces a new threat as certain chemicals that are not controlled by a United Nations treaty designed to prevent ozone deplet...
17 Feb, 2015, 03.11 PM IST
India staring at ozone trouble, says Pune scientistCity-based scientist Gufran Beig said the Earth's protective ozone layer is on track to recovery in the next few decades.
16 Sep, 2014, 01.35 AM IST
Ozone layer on track to recovery, says UN reportEarth's protective ozone layer is well on track to recovery in the next few decades according to a new UN report.
11 Sep, 2014, 02.32 PM IST
- Ozone layer that started depleting in 1980s healing
The protective ozone layer that started depleting heavily in the 1980’s is on a recovery mode according to a new assessment by 300 scientis...
11 Sep, 2014, 05.26 AM IST