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What is happening in our oceans? By describing their main elements, this book shows how and why the oceans are being transformed, and suggests possible future scenarios to address this complex, yet often-asked, question. The ocean is being dramatically transformed, but the magnitude of this transformation remains unclear since the ocean is largely inaccessible and still unknown: there is more information about the outer universe than about the deepest parts of our oceans. The author, a marine biologist with extensive research experience, offers a holistic view of our oceans. Focusing on fishing, pollution and the effects of climate change, he identifies and describes the changes occurring in all marine ecosystems, and discusses the long-passed state of equilibrium.           

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Author:   Sergio Rossi
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2019
Weight:   0.569kg
ISBN:  

9783030025137

ISBN 10:   3030025136
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   25 March 2019
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

PROLOGUE PART ONE: SEAS OF YORE Chapter 1 - Brief history of our seas Chapter 2 - The sea that once was  Chapter 3 - Hunted to extinction Chapter 4 - What happened to cod? Chapter 5 - The end of the reign of the cetaceans  PART TWO: EFFECTS OF OVERFISHING Chapter 6 - The big fish and the end of innocence Chapter 7 - The golden fish, tuna Chapter 8 - The destruction of the animal forest Chapter 9 - The forgotten forms of fishing Chapter 10 - The ghosts of the sea Chapter 11 - Precious corals  PART THREE: EFFECTS OF POLLUTION Chapter 12 - The silent menace Chapter 13 - The overpopulated coast Chapter 14 - The stained sea Chapter 15 - The alien nightmare  PART FOUR: EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE Chapter 16 - Climate detectives  Chapter 17 - Something’s moving on the ice: Arctic and Antarctic  Chapter 18 - Water heating Chapter 19 - Acid seas  Chapter 20 - The slow death agony of reefs PART FIVE: FUTURE PERPECTIVES  Chapter 21 - The farm in the sea  Chapter 22 – The final target of the Marine Protected Areas Chapter 23 - Reforesting the sea  Chapter 24 – Energy and matter from the sea  Chapter 25 - The future model of sea  EPILOGUE BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Sergio Rossi is a senior researcher at the Environmental Sciences and Technology Institute of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona from 2007, following more than thirteen years spent at the Marine Sciences Institute of Barcelona (CSIC). Born in 1969 in Barcelona, he is half Italian and half Spanish, has a doctorate in Biology from the University of Barcelona, and is a consummate observer of nature. Specialized in marine biology and ecology, Rossi has participated on a number of scientific expeditions all over the world: the Antarctic, California, Réunion island, Chile, Mexico, Brazil and many other research areas. Aiming to have an impact in the human society, Rossi has a prolific writing career in popular science to explain the details of the conservation  projects in which he is involved. Blue Oceans very elegantly conveys Rossi’s awareness from the tropical coral reefs affected by climate change to the bottom trawling effects on the so called animal forests of the world.

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