U.S. national debate topic, 2014-2015. The ocean / [compiled by H.W. Wilson].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

H.W. Wilson Company.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oceanography.

Marine resources development.

Marine resources--Government policy.

Marine resources.

Marine resources conservation.

Marine ecology.

Climatic changes--Effect of human beings on.

Climatic changes.

Sea level.

Other Title:

U.S. National Debate Topic, 2014-2015

Reference Shelf

Place of Publication:

H. W. Wilson

Contents:

1, A new evolution: exploration and development of the ocean :

The future of the oceans

Accelerating ocean exploration / Marcia McNutt

Expanded boundaries and hidden treasures / Robert D. Ballard

Space exploration dollars dwarf ocean spending / Michael Conathan

Implementing the National Ocean Policy / Liza Johnson

National Ocean Policy creates more red tape, hurts economy / Doc Hastings

National Ocean Policy: plan, schedule, but no muscle / Pietro Parravano, Zeke Grader

New federal ocean policy bodes ill for Alaska / Charisse Millett

Advocates push for new Atlantic offshore drilling / Emery P. Dalesio

Proposed energy exploration sparks worry on ocean canyons / Paul Greenberg.

2, The exploited seas :

From collapsing fisheries to oil spills

Deep sea mining: coming soon to an ocean near you / Carlos Duarte, Sophie Arnaud-Haond

Will deep-sea mining yield an underwater gold rush? / Meghan Miner

Why Arctic Ocean oil drilling is a risky choice / Rick Steiner

No more offshore drilling: clean energy needs to be our goal / Jacqueline Savitz

California finds more instances of offshore fracking / Alicia Chang, Jason Dearen

The Empty Oceans Act: House offers draft bill to gut protections for fisheries and fishing economies / Alexandra Adams

Ocean grabbing: plundering a common resource / Michèle Mesmain

Fish 2.0: investing in sustainable oceans and fisheries / David Bank.

3, Sea stewardship and the cost of neglect :

Pollution, climate change, and beyond

Climate change to cause "massive" ocean damage by 2100 / Environment News Service

Ocean acidification: the other climate change issue / Ashanti Johnson, Natasha D. White

Ocean acidification decreases growth and development in American lobster (Homarus americanus) larvae / Elise A. Keppel, Ricardo A. Scrosati, Simon C. Courtenay

US has failed to protect marine life, say conservationists / Carey L. Biron

Scientists call for global action on coral reefs / Alex Peel

Arctic at risk from invasive species / Christopher Ware

Our trash has become a new ocean ecosystem called "the plastisphere" / Sarah Zhang

Navy expands sonar testing despite troubling signs / Julie Watson, Alicia Chang

How military sonar may be harming endangered blue whales / Joseph Bennington-Castro.

4, Hubris on the high seas :

Governing the ocean

China's Indian Ocean strategy not a danger

yet / Stanley Weiss

The road to war is paved with Chinese intentions / James Dunnigan

ASEAN must show solidarity / Alejandro Del Rosario

US Navy's Indian Ocean folly? / James Holmes, Toshi Yoshihara

Military activities in the exclusive economic zones of foreign coastal states / Moritaka Hayashi

No fishing: row erupts between China and US over fishing restrictions / Reuters

China's new fishing regulations: an act of state piracy? / Carl Thayer

A hidden victim of Somali pirates: science / Paul Salopek.

5, Drifting along: the rise of the environmental refugee :

Environmental refugees in a changing global climate

Who will become the world's first climate change refugee? / Robert McLeman

What happens when your country drowns? / Rachel Morris

Where will we live? / Michael Le Page, Jeff Hecht, Richard Fisher

The rising tide: environmental refugees / Andrew Lam

Environmental refugees growing in numbers without real solution / Trisha Marczak

Kiribati and the impending climate refugee crisis / Sandi Keane

Threatened by rising seas, small island nations appeal for more aid at UN / UN News Centre

"Climate change refugee" fighting to stay in New Zealand, argues rising sea levels makes Pacific Island home too dangerous / Nick Perry

Stop using the term "environmental refugee" / Tim Kovach

What should be done about climate change refugees? / Debra Black

Artificial island could be solution for rising Pacific sea levels / John Vidal

Floating islands to the rescue in the Maldives / Debra Black

America's first climate refugees / Suzanne Goldenberg

Beyond asylum seeker funerals / Andrew Hamilton.

ISBN:

0-8242-1317-3