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UN warns of 'deepening crisis' in oceans, urges action
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PARIS (FRANCE) - Oceans are in a "deepening crisis" that demands urgent global action, a major UN report warned Monday, with seas warming and rising faster, ice cover shrinking and marine ecosystems under mounting strain.
Key facts
- The culmination of five years of work by 600 international scientists, the 1,352-page tome details the growing toll of climate change, pollution and overfishing in our oceans, which cover more than 70 percent of the planet.
- PARIS (FRANCE) - Oceans are in a "deepening crisis"
- The report, which mostly covers the period between 2018-2023, paints a stark picture of the state of the oceans.
- Around 16 percent of the total increase in ocean heat content recorded since 1955 has occurred since 2018 alone, the assessment found.
- the report said, more than doubling from less than 2.0 millimetres per year before 2015 to 4.3 mm in 2023.
- In the South Pole, Antarctic sea ice, which had gradually increased between 1979 and 2015, has "rapidly declined"
Summary
The culmination of five years of work by 600 international scientists, the 1,352-page tome details the growing toll of climate change, pollution and overfishing in our oceans, which cover more than 70 percent of the planet.
"The ocean is the foundation of life on Earth. But its health is at grave risk as ecosystems and habitats approach or surpass critical tipping points," the United Nations' third World Ocean Assessment (WOA) said.