{"id":298636,"date":"2024-06-07T17:47:39","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T12:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=298636"},"modified":"2024-06-07T17:47:39","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T12:17:39","slug":"unescos-state-of-ocean-report-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/unescos-state-of-ocean-report-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"UNESCO\u2019s State of Ocean Report 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source-<\/strong>This post on UNESCO\u2019s State of Ocean Report 2024 <\/strong>has been created based on the article \u201cUNESCO\u2019s State of Ocean Report highlights key knowledge gaps in research & data on spiking oceanic warming”<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0published in\u00a0\u201cDown to Earth\u201d<\/strong> on 7 June 2024.<\/p>\n

Why in News?<\/h2>\n

Recently, UNESCO State of Ocean Report 2024 has been published by United Nations.<\/p>\n

About the UNESCO State of Ocean Report 2024<\/h2>\n

1. The UNESCO \u2018State of the Ocean Report\u2019<\/span> was started by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC-UNESCO)<\/span> during the 2022 United Nations Ocean Conference.<\/p>\n

2. This report provides an easy-to-understand overview of the ocean’s current condition. It helps track the progress of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021\u20132030)<\/span> and encourages efforts towards creating a sustainable future for our oceans.<\/p>\n

3. The first report in 2022<\/span> included insights from over 100 marine science experts on topics like ocean acidification, pollution, and tsunami warnings.<\/p>\n

4. New editions of the report are released every year on World Oceans Day (June 8).<\/span> These reports align with the seven goals of the UN Ocean Decade.<\/span><\/p>\n

Key Highlights of the report<\/h2>\n

1. Ocean Warming:<\/strong> The upper 2,000 meters of the oceans have been warming significantly. The rate of warming has increased from 0.32 \u00b1 0.03 watts per square meter<\/span> (W\/m\u00b2<\/span>) to 0.66 \u00b1 0.10 W\/m\u00b2<\/span> in the past 20 years.<\/p>\n

2. Energy Absorption:<\/strong> Oceans are absorbing about 90% of the Earth’s excess energy<\/span>. This causes deoxygenation (loss of oxygen), which threatens marine ecosystems and human economies that rely on them.<\/p>\n

3. Ocean Acidification:<\/strong> The acidity of the ocean is increasing globally<\/span>, especially in the open ocean, with a notable drop in pH since the late 1980s.<\/p>\n

4. Sea Level Rise:<\/strong> Sea levels have been rising steadily since 1993<\/span>. Better monitoring systems are needed to track this at all levels.<\/p>\n

5. Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal:<\/strong> There is growing interest in technologies to remove carbon dioxide from the ocean,<\/span> but their effectiveness and environmental impact are still uncertain.<\/p>\n

UPSC Syllabus: Reports<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source-This post on UNESCO\u2019s State of Ocean Report 2024 has been created based on the article \u201cUNESCO\u2019s State of Ocean Report highlights key knowledge gaps in research & data on spiking oceanic warming”\u00a0published in\u00a0\u201cDown to Earth\u201d on 7 June 2024. Why in News? Recently, UNESCO State of Ocean Report 2024 has been published by United… Continue reading UNESCO\u2019s State of Ocean Report 2024<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182],"tags":[11872,10504],"class_list":["post-298636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-down-to-earth","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298636\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}