How Endangered are our Seas?
E-Book, Englisch, 128 Seiten, Format (B × H): 2000 mm x 288 mm
ISBN: 978-3-96238-465-4
Verlag: oekom verlag
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 0 - No protection
The Ocean Book provides a comprehensive picture of the threats posed on this mysterious and fascinating habitat, and makes correlations visible and easy to understand with the help of detailed infographics.
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1;The Ocean Book – How endangered are our seas?;1
2;Content;6
3;Preface;8
3.1;Saving our Oceans;8
3.2;What should the future of our oceans look like?;9
4;Introduction;10
4.1;Humanity…;10
4.2;…and the sea;11
5;Climate change;13
5.1;How does the climate work?;14
5.1.1;The anomalies of ocean heat;16
5.2;Consequences of warming;18
5.2.1;1. The ocean temperature rises;18
5.2.2;2. Increasing numbers of coral reefs bleach and die off;18
5.2.3;3. Many marine creatures change their behaviour;19
5.3;Rising acidity;20
5.4;Ocean currents in turmoil;22
5.5;Rising sea level;24
6;Loss of biological diversity;29
6.1;Marine Biodiversity;30
6.1.1;On the Red List;32
6.2;Oxygen-poor dead zones;34
6.3;Growing marine reserves;36
7;Overfshing;41
7.1;Facts about the fshing industry;42
7.1.1;Intense levels of fishing;44
7.1.2;Fishing fleet: overcapacity;46
7.2;Industrial fshing methods;48
7.3;Traditional fshing;50
7.4;Why sharks are endangered;54
7.4.1;Dolphin hunting in Taiji;56
7.5;Sea turtles in danger;58
7.6;Aquaculture in numbers;60
7.6.1;Industrial aquaculture;62
7.6.2;Fish farming of the future;64
7.6.3;Illegal fshing;66
8;Ocean-based industries;71
8.1;Energy from the ocean;72
8.2;Increase in offshore wind energy;74
8.2.1;Waves and tides – energy of the future?;76
8.2.1.1;Raw material reserves of the deep sea;78
8.3;Deep-sea mining;80
8.4;Oceanic transport routes;82
8.4.1;Harmful ship emissions;84
8.4.2;A cruel cacophony;86
8.4.3;The wired ocean;88
9;Pollution;93
9.1;How does the ocean become polluted?;95
9.1.1;Plastic garbage in the oceans;96
9.1.1.1;The five large garbage patches;97
9.1.2;Cross section of a garbage patch;100
9.1.3;Microplastics in the food chain;102
9.2;Where do the toxic substances in the oceans come from?;104
9.2.1;Chemical weapons in the deep seas;106
9.2.2;Radioactivity in the ocean;108
9.2.2.1;Fukushima and the marine ecosystem;110
9.2.3;The biggest oil spills 1901–2016;112
9.2.3.1;Oil damage in organisms;114
10;Sources;118
