India, Sept. 16 -- Each year on September 16, the world comes together to celebrate World Ozone Day, a reminder of the ozone layer's importance and the shared responsibility of safeguarding it. This thin band of gas in the stratosphere acts as Earth's sunscreen, filtering out ultraviolet rays that can damage human health, ecosystems, and food systems. Without it, life as we know it would be at grave risk. The 2025 theme, "From Science to Global Action," underlines the journey of ozone protection - from early scientific warnings about its depletion to unprecedented international cooperation through the Montreal Protocol of 1987. This year is especially significant as it commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Vienna Convention (1985), the t...