World must unite against ‘preventable tragedy’ of ocean pollution: UN chief

New York, June 9 (IBNS): From carrying your own water bottle, to volunteering for a local clean-up, everybody needs to do something to stop plastic pollution from getting into the world’s oceans, said UN Secretary-General António Guterres in his message for World Oceans Day.

Oceanic plastic trash conveys disease to coral reefs: Study

California, Jan 27 (IBNS): For coral reefs, the threat of climate change and bleaching are bad enough. 

More than 5 per cent of world’s oceans now protected – UN Environment

New York, Dec 15 (Just Earth News): Since April, an unprecedented 3.6 million square kilometres of ocean – an area larger than India – have been designated as marine protected areas (MPAs), meaning for the first time, more than 5% of the world’s oceans are now protected.