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BARCELONA, Spain, May 5, 2024 (ENS) - The 2024 Ocean Decade Conference, held in Barcelona from April 10 to 12, attracted over 1,500 participants from 124 countries and thousands of online viewers. Under the theme "The Science We Need for the Ocean We Want," this conference emerged as one of the largest-ever gatherings of the global oceanic community. %environment_news_service% news environment latest on forests, oceans, climate, wildlife, fisheries, transportation, business

The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) is the first country in the North Pacific to recognize communities under the UNESCO-IOC Tsunami Ready Recognition Programme.

Rising sea levels caused by the climate emergency will further exacerbate the destructive power of tsunamis, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on World Tsunami Awareness Day on Friday."(Therefore) we must limit warming ...