Oceans : the threats to our seas and what you can do to turn the tide : a participant media guide / edited by Jon Bowermaster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Participant.

Contributor:

Bowermaster, Jon, 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marine resources conservation.

Ocean--Environmental aspects.

Ocean.

Oceanography.

Marine biology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : PublicAffairs, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This unique tie-in to the major motion picture Oceans?coming this April from Disney & National Geographic?explores the health of our oceans, and what we can do to improve it

Contents:

Contents; Oceans Map; Introduction; Part I: Loving It; On Making Oceans; The World Is Blue; Caught in the Same Net; Remembering the Ocean; Illuminating the Life of the Deep; Sea-Struck; One Stroke at a Time; Part II: Losing It; Climate Change and the Ocean; Plastic Ocean; Message in a Bottle; Barging Down to the Sea; Acid Test; Coral Reefs in Crisis; Estuaries, Where Human and Nature Meet; Reasons to Worry About the Dead Zones; For the Love of Fishes; Whither Whales and Dolphins?; Of Dolphins and Decency; Adelita: Heart of a Revolution; The Bluefin's Uncertain Future; Open Ocean

Antarctica on the EdgePart III: Saving It; Water Planet; Stories from a Blue Planet; Why We Need a National Ocean Policy; A Holistic Approach to Healing the Ocean; The Future of Fish; The Whale Hunter's Hunter; Saving the Whales Again!; Fish Without a Doubt; You've Got to Get Wet; Contributors; What You Can Do; Environmental Organizations Working on Ocean Issues; For Further Reading; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-74712-6

9786612747120

1-58648-842-2

OCLC:

824487040