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Ocean heat hits record high - UN
Ocean heat hit a record high in 2018, the United Nations said Thursday, raising urgent new concerns about the threat global warming is posing to marine life. In its latest State of the Climate overview, the World Meteorological ...
- March 30, 2019
Eaten by the sea: Climate change, rising sea levels erode French coastline
After fleeing to France to escape the Spanish Civil War, Amalia Romero’s family eventually managed to build a home on the south coast directly looking out over the Mediterranean. But today, the sea is gradually gnawing ...
- April 16, 2021
World's oceans are heating up at a quickening pace - study
The world’s oceans are heating up at an accelerating pace as global warming threatens a diverse range of marine life and a major food supply for the planet, researchers said Thursday. The findings in the US journal Science, ...
- January 12, 2019
UN chief: save the oceans to avert 'global catastrophe'
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday urged countries to put aside national gain to save the oceans and avert a "global catastrophe" as he opened the first UN ocean conference. The five-day meeting is the first ...
- June 16, 2017
Sea level rising at fasted pace in 2,800 years: study
The world’s oceans are rising at a faster rate than any time in the past 2,800 years, and might even have fallen without the influence of human-driven climate change, researchers say. Sea levels rose globally by about 5.5 ...
- February 26, 2016
US backs UN call to save oceans
The United States (US) on Friday joined all 192 other United Nations (UN) member states in releasing a “Call to Action” to save the oceans but disassociated itself from joint efforts to combat climate change. The declaration ...
- June 11, 2017