CAMLR Convention | UNEP - UN Environment Programme Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources A Overview Antarctica 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
State of the marine environment in Antarctica - UNEP State of the marine environment in Antarctica 18 September 1990 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
Ozone layer recovery is on track, helping avoid global warming . . . - UNEP 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
About the United Nations Environment Programme - UNEP Safeguarding the environment for future generations The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the United Nations’ leading global authority on the environment, driving transformational change on the triple planetary crisis: the crisis of climate change, the crisis of nature, land and biodiversity loss, and the crisis of pollution and waste
Rebuilding the ozone layer: how the world came together for the . . . - UNEP 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 natural sun shield, which protects humans, plants, animals and ecosystems from excessive ultraviolet radiation, had been breached
Record heat sends sea ice into retreat, worrying scientists - UNEP 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 Earth’s poles Experts say as the polar
North America | UNEP - UN Environment Programme UNEP’s North America Office works to spur collective action in the U S and Canada to address the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste; and to advance sustainable development within the region
Could microbes, locked in Arctic ice for millennia, unleash a . . . - UNEP In the unusually hot summer of 2016, a bacterium that causes anthrax killed more than 2,500 reindeer in Siberia’s remote Yamal Peninsula, according to one study Normally locked deep in a layer of permanently frozen land, or permafrost, the once-dormant pathogen eventually spread to humans
An open invitation from UN Environment Patron of Oceans, Lewis Pugh, to . . . Lewis Pugh, UN Environment’s Patron of the Oceans is the personification of inspiration To raise awareness about the state of our oceans, Pugh has been swimming in the frigid and freezing waters of Arctic and Antarctica He has been putting his life at risk to show the world the impact of climate change and the vital role our oceans play for humanity
The ocean is hotter than ever. Here’s why. - UNEP One part of the world increasingly vulnerable to marine heatwaves is Antarctica, which plays a vital role in regulating the Earth’s climate system Since 1992, the Antarctic has been losing around 100 billion tonnes of ice per year , and this year saw the lowest winter ice extent on record, about 2 6 million square kilometres below the 1981-2010 average