oceans

Cultivating food from the ocean generally has a lower impact on the climate than land-based agriculture

Experts say humanity must heal oceans made sick by climate change and pollution to protect marine life and itself

Humanity should brace for blowback the report warns

Destructive changes can be seen in decline of fish stocks, damages by storms, and millions displaced by rising seas

About 93% of excess heat is trapped around Earth by greenhouse gases that come from burning of fossil fuels

IPCC warns that drastic measures need taking in order to limit global warming to 1.5 Celsius

Global plastic production has grown rapidly and is currently more than 400 million tonnes per year

Just five per cent of the wilderness areas are in protected zones, leaving the rest vulnerable

Fishing is a $160 billion industry, and experts say 1/3rd of world's fish are taken from waters at unsustainable rate

Marine biologists say that much of the garbage sinks to the seabed, damaging underwater fauna