They have long served as a silent shock absorber for the planet, absorbing more than 90% of excess heat and nearly a third of the CO2 released by human activities. But the machine is going wrong: accelerating sea levels, threatened corals, plastics present in all ecosystems, fish stocks under pressure and exposed coastlines. Published on June 5 by the UN, the new Global Ocean Assessment paints a portrait of a vital system that still protects humanity, while showing increasingly visible signs of breakdown. The post Oceans: the 1,300-page UN report which documents an ongoing disaster appeared first on Médias24 - Number one in Moroccan economic information.