UN chief calls for action on ‘worldwide catastrophe’ of rising seas

A section of land between trees is washed away due to rising seas in Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands (AP)

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has issued a climate SOS to the world to “save our seas.”

The UN and the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) issued reports on worsening sea level rises on Monday, accelerated by a warming Earth and melting ice sheets and glaciers.