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Costa Rica hosts UN High Level event on Ocean Action

Published on: June 7, 2024
07:54

San José, Jun 7 (Prensa Latina) Costa Rica will host the UN High-Level Event on Ocean Action until next Saturday, prior to the Third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC) in June 2025 in France.

UNESCO warns of climate change impact on oceans

Published on: June 4, 2024
16:34

Paris, Jun 4 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) warned Tuesday of the alarming impact of climate change on the oceans, with warming and rising sea levels.

Dolphins stranded for the first time in both oceans of Costa Rica

Published on: May 31, 2024
10:10

San José, May 31 (Prensa Latina) Costa Rican experts are experiencing today for the first time the simultaneous stranding of dolphins in the coasts of its two oceans, scientific institutions reported.

Cuba ratifies Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies

Published on: October 24, 2023
10:21

Geneva, Oct 24 (Prensa Latina) Cuba ratified here today the agreement on fisheries subsidies, considered an important step forward for the sustainability of the oceans, in the context of a meeting of senior functionaries of the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Rivers are losing oxygen faster than oceans – Study

Published on: September 14, 2023
18:12

Washington, Sep 14 (Prensa Latina) Rivers are getting hotter and losing oxygen, with 70% of rivers becoming oxygen-deprived and more getting warmer.

Cuban FM deems to adopt first treaty to protect oceans

Published on: June 19, 2023
18:47

Rome, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez considered essential to adopt the treaty on Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction by consensus at the UN on Monday.

El Niño phenomenon impacts Ecuador’s fishing industry

Published on: June 15, 2023
13:44

Quito, Jun 15 (Prensa Latina) The increase of temperatures in the Pacific Ocean as a consequence of the El Niño phenomenon is affecting the fishing industry in Ecuador today.

UN chief calls for restoring balance of the oceans

Published on: June 8, 2023
16:10

United Nations, Jun 8 (Prensa Latina) The UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday called on the international community to work to restore balance and vitality of the oceans and marine ecosystems.

UN chief calls for pressing action to tackle ocean emergency

Published on: January 24, 2023
16:33

Praia, Jan 24 (Prensa Latina) UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for the end to the ocean emergency while speaking at the Ocean Race Summit Mindelo, held in Cabo Verde, earlier Tuesday.

Oceans of Earth and other planets would generate new lives

Published on: November 25, 2021
19:46

Washington, Nov 25 (Prensa Latina) The hydrothermal seabed could generate a special habitat for emergence and development of new life forms on Earth and on other planets in the Solar System with oceans.

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