When Max doesn't heed Lia's warning about the dangers of the ocean, he finds himself up against the evil Professor's latest monster, Silda the electric eel.
Text and photographs of storms, ports, pollution, diving, rescues, surfing, lighthouses, tides, and many kinds of boats, plants, and animals reveal the world's oceans and the people who live on or near them.
Provides information about the world's salty oceans and seas, discussing tides and waves, underwater landscapes, and the effects of the oceans on Earth's weather, and introducing some of the plants and animals that live under the water.
Examines the changes happening in the oceans, including the effects of pollution, noise pollution, rising tides and temperatures, industrial fishing, aquaculture and more, explaining that we are the cause of the change and still increasing the rate of change and how we must change this course.
After the sea claims the life of his mother, Hugh, a fisherman, vows revenge on the waters that betrayed him, but little does he know that, with a simple gesture, he will cause a chain of events that could alter the world as he knows it.
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.
Discusses various means and reasons for undersea exploration, including economic, military, and recreational use of the seas, and warns against the dangers of overexploitation.
