Ocean The Secret of Planet Earth

About this book

Ocean: The Secret of Planet Earth provides the basic facts for understanding the oceans, their properties and their importance to people throughout the ages. The long relationship between the ocean and humanity is now at a crossroads where human activity is profoundly affecting the functioning and the integrity of marine ecosystems. However, the intelligent and rational use of the ocean holds, in large part, the key to providing the resources needed to sustain our quality of life in the future. Unlocking, through scientific research, the secrets that the ocean still holds is an essential challenge for researchers. This book explores all these aspects of the ocean through a text that combines scientific rigour with personal reflections based on the author's own experiences. 

Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. The Ocean in Figures
Chapter 3. Humanity and the Oceans. A Relationship Through the Ages
Chapter 4. Ocean, Health, and Human Well-being
Chapter 5. Risks Associated with the Ocean
Chapter 6. The Deterioration of the Ocean
Chapter 7.The Impact of Climate Change on the Ocean
Chapter 8. Ocean Biodiversity Crises
Chapter 9. Conserving and Governing the Ocean
Chapter 10. Epilogue: The Ocean in the Future of Humanity

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Biography

Carlos M. Duarte is a research professor with the Spanish Council for Scientific Research at IMEDEA (Esporles, Majorca, Spain). His research addresses all aspects of seagrass biology and ecology, emphasising seagrass demography, colonisation and recovery processes and their role in the ecosystem. He has authored more than 250 papers in international journals and an introductory book on Seagrass Ecology, is co-editor in chief of the journal Estuaries and Coasts and has received several international awards.