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The United States, as a marine superpower, must ratify the high seas biodiversity treaty now

In 2023, governments adopted an agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction, known as the BBNJ agreement (see go.nature.com/4fehwo7). This agreement is essential to define and enforce the target laid down in the Convention […]

Science

The seas are on the rise — and that surge is accelerating

Global seas are rising at double the rate they did three decades ago, according to satellite data1. Access options Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals Get Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription 24,99 € / 30 days cancel any time Subscribe to this journal Receive 51 print issues and online access 185,98 € per year only 3,65 € […]