Describes how human pollution and other destructive action impacts Earth's oceans, and how our lack of attention for them puts our planet in danger of "catastrophe." Explains what we can do now to keep that from happening.
Explores the importance of the world's oceans to life on Earth through discussions of ocean currents, the building of coral structures, acidification, the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico, and the spawning of corals in Panama, and makes a plea for conservation.
Explores real life examples of the destruction of ocean habitats and their wildlife and the ways in which people can reduce their impact on these life giving bodies of water.
Presents an examination of the impact that humans have the ocean and its environment, providing information on commercial fishing, disease, global warming, pollution, and more.
Presents twenty-eight essays that debate various issues that relate to the world's oceans, and discusses the numerous threats to the waters and marine life, federal policies, the fishing industry, and how humans affect marine mammals.
While vacationing on Cape Cod, best friends Emily, age sixteen, and Reese, seventeen, meet Steve and Dave, who seem too good to be true, and whose presence turns out to be related to a dire threat of global pollution.
Examines different types of coasts, how they are shaped by nature, how the development of coasts has destroyed plant and animal life, beaches, and marshes, and ways to use the coast's valuable resources and still preserve them.
