The latest report from the European Copernicus Marine service draws up an alarming observation: ocean health deteriorates at an impressive pace. Warming, pollution, loss of biodiversity … All the areas of the globe are concerned.
From tropical seas to the poles, passing through the open sea, the oceans are going worse and worse everywhere on the planet.
This is the worrying observation drawn up by the Copernicus service which depends on the European Union. On the occasion of the publication of its ninth report on the state of the ocean, scientists alert on the speed of their degradation. Pollution, warming, loss of biodiversity now affect all parts of the oceans.
The 70 experts from the Copernicus Marine service based on field measures, satellite observations and cutting -edge computer models. And they conclude that there is no longer a sanctuary escaping the triple planetary crisis in the oceans.
Pollution first, with plastic waste present now everywhere.
Water warming, then. It accelerates with temperatures of 21 ° on the surface of the seas. In 2023, certain Atlantic areas even experienced 300 days of marine heat wave.
The loss of biodiversity, finally. Oceans acidification threatens marine species.
The authors of the report are also concerned about the rise of increasingly rapid waters, the invasive species that extend and the decline of sea ice.
It is one more step towards the planetary limits is worried one of the team officials, that is to say the thresholds not to be exceeded so that humanity continues to live in favorable conditions.
