OZONE DAY- Umbrella Rally
On Occassion of International Ozone day, Jagruti Abhyudaya Sangham has conducted an Umbrella Rally to symbolically indicate that Ozone is our Umrella and we should protect it to protect ourselves. Why Care About The Ozone Layer? The ozone layer acts as an atmospheric shield. All life on earth depends on its protection from the lethal levels of ultraviolet radiation produced by the sun. Cause and effect has been established between a thinning of the ozone layer and increased incidence of skin cancer. Declines in crop yields of up to 50% in some countries have been linked to increased amounts of incoming UV radiation. A thinner ozone layer is also a factor in the declining concentrations of phytoplankton that support aquatic food webs. Products emitting ozone depleting substances are still produced and consumed throughout the world. Many ozone depleting substances remain active in the atmosphere for 50 to 100 years. Most ozone depleting substances are also gre...
