Vienna Conference

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See the Congress of Vienna, for the 1815 meeting of European powers at the end of the Napoleonic Wars

The Vienna Conference was the first international conference on ozone layer depletion. It was held in Vienna, Austria in 1985 when a hole in the stratospheric ozone layer was obsereved in the South Pole marked by increased UV-B infilteration over Antarctica. A 'hole', marked by significant drop in ozone molecules in the layer, as large as that of United States was discovered by a British team.

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• Beeta Environmental Education book (for ICSE Examinations) -Beeta Publication (A Morning Star Venture)