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Title:
U.S. national debate topic, 2014-2015. The ocean / [compiled by H. W. Wilson].
Author:
H.W. Wilson Company.
Publication Information:
Ipswich, Massachusetts : H. W. Wilson, a division of EBSCO Information Services ; Amenia, NY : Grey House Publishing, 2014.
Call Number:
GC1015.2 .U8 2014
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ISBN:
9781619254343

9781619252615
Series:
The reference shelf ; volume 86, number 3

Reference shelf ; v. 86, no. 3.
Physical Description:
xiii, 191 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Contents:
new evolution: exploration and development of the ocean : future of the oceans ; Accelerating ocean exploration / Expanded boundaries and hidden treasures / Space exploration dollars dwarf ocean spending / Implementing the National Ocean Policy / National Ocean Policy creates more red tape, hurts economy / National Ocean Policy: plan, schedule, but no muscle / New federal ocean policy bodes ill for Alaska / Advocates push for new Atlantic offshore drilling / Proposed energy exploration sparks worry on ocean canyons / exploited seas : From collapsing fisheries to oil spills ; Deep sea mining: coming soon to an ocean near you / Will deep-sea mining yield an underwater gold rush? / Why Arctic Ocean oil drilling is a risky choice / No more offshore drilling: clean energy needs to be our goal / California finds more instances of offshore fracking / Empty Oceans Act: House offers draft bill to gut protections for fisheries and fishing economies / Ocean grabbing: plundering a common resource / Fish 2.0: investing in sustainable oceans and fisheries / Sea stewardship and the cost of neglect : Pollution, climate change, and beyond ; Climate change to cause "massive" ocean damage by 2100 / Ocean acidification: the other climate change issue / Ocean acidification decreases growth and development in American lobster (Homarus americanus) larvae / US has failed to protect marine life, say conservationists / Scientists call for global action on coral reefs / Arctic at risk from invasive species / Our trash has become a new ocean ecosystem called "the plastisphere" / Navy expands sonar testing despite troubling signs / How military sonar may be harming endangered blue whales / Hubris on the high seas : Governing the ocean ; China's Indian Ocean strategy not a danger--yet / road to war is paved with Chinese intentions / ASEAN must show solidarity / US Navy's Indian Ocean folly? / Military activities in the exclusive economic zones of foreign coastal states / No fishing: row erupts between China and US over fishing restrictions / China's new fishing regulations: an act of state piracy? / hidden victim of Somali pirates: science / Drifting along: the rise of the environmental refugee : Environmental refugees in a changing global climate ; Who will become the world's first climate change refugee? / What happens when your country drowns? / Rachel Morris ; Where will we live? / rising tide: environmental refugees / Environmental refugees growing in numbers without real solution / Kiribati and the impending climate refugee crisis / Threatened by rising seas, small island nations appeal for more aid at UN / "Climate change refugee" fighting to stay in New Zealand, argues rising sea levels makes Pacific Island home too dangerous / Stop using the term "environmental refugee" / What should be done about climate change refugees? / Artificial island could be solution for rising Pacific sea levels / Floating islands to the rescue in the Maldives / America's first climate refugees / Beyond asylum seeker funerals
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