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In response to the second Call for Decade Actions, the Global Environment Monitoring System for the Ocean and Coasts (GEMS Ocean) Programme was officially endorsed in September 2022 by the UN Ocean Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030).

20 May in 8:00 Asia Times Sand is the primary substance used in the construction of roads, bridges, high-speed trains and even land projects. Who would think, that in this day and age, sand would become such a desired commodity, that it would give rise to a “Sand Mafia,”  Asia Times reports. Strange as that may seem, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has warned of said groups, which are comprised of of builders, dealers and businessmen known to be operating in countries su...

May 4, 2021 Two geologists walk into a bar. The first one says to the bartender, “You know, soon there’s going to be a shortage of sand.” The bartender looks up, waiting for the punchline. The second geologist says, “He’s not kidding and that’s not a joke.” Conjure up images of the Sahara, Gobi deserts or the dunes of Tottori — there are plenty that work; roughly one-third of the Earth’s surface is officially classified as desert, much of it sandy — and it’s hard ...

Follow RT on The world’s most consumed raw material after water and an essential ingredient to people’s everyday lives is slipping through our fingers, scientists warn. Sand may become a scarce resource due to high demand, they say. “We just think that sand is everywhere. We never thought we would run out of sand, but it is starting in some places,” a climate scientist with the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Pascal Peduzzi said during a webinar hosted by the Chatham H...