India, June 10 -- The oceans - sustaining life, biodiversity, and oxygen production - face mounting threats. Rising sea levels, warming waters, coral bleaching, plastic pollution, and intensifying coastal disasters are pushing marine ecosystems towards a dangerous tipping point

Every year the world comes together to observe World Ocean Day - a moment to reflect on how deeply our lives depend on the health of our seas. Oceans cover nearly 71 per cent of Earth's surface, produce half the oxygen we breathe, regulate the global climate, and sustain the livelihoods of over three billion people. Yet today, these vast blue expanses face an unprecedented convergence of threats: climate change, pollution, habitat destruction, overfishing, and eve...