Tag:oceans

Marine

Global marine protected area target to be achieved by 2020 – CBD

With recent commitments made by governments around the globe, the world is on track to protect over 10% of the globe’s marine areas by...

admin - June 5, 2017

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Marine litter: UN declares war on ocean plastic

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on Thursday, February 23 2017 launched a global campaign to eliminate major sources of marine litter – such...

admin - February 26, 2017

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UN works to safeguard planet’s oceans

The world dumps the equivalent of one garbage truck of plastic into the ocean every minute, the United Nations heard on Wednesday, February 15...

admin - February 17, 2017

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How ocean warming is impacting species, ecosystems

Ocean warming is affecting humans in direct ways and the impacts are already being felt, including effects on fish stocks and crop yields, more...

admin - September 5, 2016

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Oceans began warming in the mid-1800s, study says

Around 1830, just decades after the start of the Industrial Revolution, something happened around the world: As factories fueled by coal power spread across...

admin - August 23, 2016

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Stemming the tide of plastics in oceans

Plastic pollution seems to be everywhere, from Atlantic beaches to Arctic sea ice to huge swirling vortexes of trash in the Pacific Ocean. Plastics...

admin - August 21, 2016

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Climate change depleting oxygen in oceans, says study

A reduction in the amount of oxygen dissolved in the oceans due to climate change is already discernible in some parts of the world...

admin - May 1, 2016

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Marine litter: Plastic to outweigh ocean’s fish by 2050

Plastic litter in the world’s oceans is projected to outweigh fish by 2050, according to new documents released by the World Economic Forum. Because...

admin - January 20, 2016

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