World Oceans Day Jun. 8, 2025

You can"t talk about life on Earth without talking about the ocean. This year, World Oceans Day is being celebrated in Nice, France, just ahead of the UN Ocean Conference starting tomorrow. Officially recognised by the United Nations since 2008, it began as an idea at the 1992 Global Forum, a parallel event at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development. This year"s theme is "WONDER: Sustaining What Sustains Us." It highlights how the ocean supports life as we know it—influencing weather, food chains and economies.

© Steve Woods Photography/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Where the humpback whale sings
The buffet is open
Jun. 8, 2024Canadian Grand Prix 2024

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Jan. 12, 2026Eurasian otter and pup, Estonia
Poetry in suspense
Sep. 8, 2023International Literacy Day
Wind-powered ice racing
Jun. 29, 2024Tour de France 2024
May 1, 2024Lei Day
Jan. 20, 2026Penguin Awareness Day
City of ice
Apr. 8, 2024Total solar eclipse
Jul. 12, 2025Thomsons gazelles, Maasai Mara, Kenya
Nov. 8, 2023West Indian manatees, Crystal River
Feb. 1, 2026Colourful house in Olinda, Pernambuco, Brazil
May 14, 2024Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico, USA
Mar. 30, 2026Demoiselle cranes, India
Oct. 10, 2024Ancient town of Sorano, Tuscany, Italy
Meet an expert on the dog days of summer
May 7, 2024A duckling swimming in a water meadow, Suffolk, England
Jul. 4, 2024Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Site
Dec. 27, 2025Plate ice along Lake Superior, Grand Marais, Minnesota, United States
A modern recreation
Nov. 21, 2024Aspen trees, British Columbia
A day for giving
Feb. 10, 2026Es Vedrà and Es Vedranell, Ibiza, Spain
Angry bird, doting dad
Sep. 24, 2023World Rivers Day
Alps of the sea
Jun. 4, 2025Cala Luna beach, Sardinia, Italy
Feb. 12, 2025Celebrating Charles Darwin
May 29, 2025Miravet, Catalonia, Spain
Sep. 11, 2025Monfragüe National Park, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain