UN report: Sea level rise rate doubles in a decade as oceans face 'severe strain' from human activity
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Karen McVeigh
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Summary
The UN's third World Ocean Assessment warns that oceans are under "severe and accelerating" stress from human activities, with the rate of sea-level rise doubling in the past decade. The report, involving nearly 600 scientists from 86 countries, identifies pollution, large-scale industrial fishing, and the climate crisis as cumulative stressors causing widespread biodiversity loss and putting ocean systems under severe strain. It covers ocean health from 2021-2025 and calls for a global effort to limit these effects.
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The 'intensifying' stressors, which include pollution and large-scale industrial fishing, are cumulative
resulting in widespread biodiversity loss and putting ocean systems under 'severe strain'
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