Description |
xiii, 191 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
Series |
The reference shelf ; volume 86, number 3 |
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Reference shelf ; v. 86, no. 3.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 187) and index. |
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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
Subject |
Oceanography.
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Marine resources development.
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Marine resources -- Government policy.
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Marine resources conservation.
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Marine ecology.
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Climatic changes -- Effect of human beings on.
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Sea level.
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Marine ecology. (OCoLC)fst01009513
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Marine resources conservation. (OCoLC)fst01009907
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Marine resources development. (OCoLC)fst01009923
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Ocean -- Environmental aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01043444
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Oceanography. (OCoLC)fst01043671
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Added Author |
H.W. Wilson Company.
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Added Title |
US national debate topic, 2014-2015. The ocean |
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United States national debate topic, 2014-2015. The ocean |
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Ocean |
ISBN |
9781619254343 (v. 86, no. 3) |
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1619254344 |
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9781619254343 |
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9781619252615 (volume set) |
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1619252619 (volume set) |
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