Mankind and the Oceans
Mankind and the Oceans by Nobuyuki Miyazaki
English | 30 Jan. 1999 | ISBN: 928081057X | 240 Pages | PDF | 1 MB
English | 30 Jan. 1999 | ISBN: 928081057X | 240 Pages | PDF | 1 MB
The oceans play an important part in our lives, by controlling climate and weather conditions; hosting shipping, transportation, recreation and tourism; and providing us with food, minerals and petroleum. But a rapidly growing population —especially in coastal zones —and the resulting increase in industrial effluent, municipal sewage, and runoff from agricultural areas, as well as antifouling agents used on ships and aquaculture nets, and the excessive exploitation of fish stocks all seriously threaten the health of the oceans.