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UN calls for ‘urgent action’ over oceans’ ‘deepening crisis’
Environment
Oceans, which cover 70 percent of our planet and are vital for our global ecosystem are in a “deepening crisis” that demands urgent global action a massive UN report warned on June 8, also World Oceans day. The document represents five years of work by 600 international scientists called on the international community to take “urgent action” in the face of global warming, pollution, and the threat to marine life, warning specifically that the Arctic could be ice-free as early as the 2030s.
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