The World's Oceans: Geography, History, and Environment

ISBN-13: 9781440843518 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 433 str.

Rainer F. Buschmann; Lance Nolde

Opis

The World's Oceans: Geography, History, and Environment is a one-stop resource that describes in-depth the Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, Pacific, and Southern Oceans and identifies their importance, today and throughout history. Essays address the subject areas of oceans and seas in world culture, fishing and shipping industries through history, ocean exploration, and climate change and oceans. The book also presents dozens of entries covering a breadth of topics on human culture, the environment, history, and current issues as they relate to the oceans and ocean life. Via Opposing Viewpoints, readers are invited to apply their critical thinking skills by considering Opposing Viewpoint essays on complex issues relating to the earth's oceans. On controversial questions such as "Will the benefits of Arctic meltdown outweigh the adverse effects?" and "How can we clean up the Pacific Garbage Patch?" brief introductions set the stage and are followed by two opinion essays from experts in the field.