Jalousiebau

Eintrag vom: 16.06.2013.

We work to protect and restore coastal ?blue carbon? ecosystems for the sustainable provision of ecosystem services to people and environment. Mangroves and seagrass meadows are coastal ecosystems that cover a small portion of the total ocean area but collectively are widely distributed on every continent except Antarctica. Mangroves are found in 123 countries worldwide with an estimated ...

 

The recent collapse of a 1 100km 2 ice shelf in Antarctica came at a time of record high temperatures and is a symptom of a planet in climate crisis experts say. The Conger ice shelf which cleaved away from the eastern side of Antarctica in March is the latest victim of rising temperatures at the ...

 

The remarkable story of the battle to save the ozone layer starts with science. In the mid-1970s scientists warned that man-made chemicals in everyday products like aerosols foams refrigerators and air-conditioners were harming the ozone layer. At that time they didn?t know the scale of the problem. But in 1985 a hole was confirmed in the ozone layer over Antarctica. The world?s ...

 

 

?The Montreal Protocol has helped protect the world from the sun?s deadly ultraviolet radiation ? said Megumi Seki Executive Secretary of the Ozone Secretariat administered by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). ?It is also helping us combat another catastrophe.? Here?s a closer look at the Montreal Protocol and how it?s countering climate change.

 

NAIROBI 9 January 2023 ? The ozone layer is on track to recover within four decades with the global phaseout of ozone-depleting chemicals already benefitting efforts to mitigate climate change. This is the conclusion of a UN-backed panel of experts presented today at the American Meteorological Society?s 103rd annual meeting. Examining novel technologies such as geoengineering for the ...

 

Human activities have had a major effect on the balance of the Antarctic marine ecosystem this can be seen by damage of large agae such as kelp that is caused by increased UV penetration

 

UNEP is the global champion for the environment with programmes focusing on sustainable development climate biodiversity and more.

 

Here?s a closer look at some of the most popular misconceptions around the climate crisis.

 

Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living ResourcesA. OverviewAntarctica is surrounded by an unbroken and dynamic body of water known as the Southern Ocean which constitutes about 10% of the world's total ocean surface. For about 200 years Antarctica's resources have been unsystematically harvested. In many cases the intense level of exploitation resulted in the severe ...