Discover the existential threats facing 50 unique places across the globe and the possible solutions that may save them from vanishing forever.
Learn more about endangered places across all seven continents, from natural wonders like the rainforests of Borneo and the Great Barrier Reef to cultural icons like the Giza pyramids and New York City.
Begin by understanding the background of each place, including key characteristics, history, and ecological or cultural significance, before going on to explore the problems that threaten the site. From rising sea levels and droughts to unchecked tourism, war, and civil unrest – and in many cases a combination of factors – readers will understand the complex and nuanced challenges facing these places. Each profile also includes a section on possible solutions. In some cases, these measures and programs are already being implemented, while in others individuals and governments will need to act quickly before it’s too late. Curated lists of further readings at the end of each entry point readers to additional resources and act as a gateway to more in-depth study.
Introduction
Part I: Thematic Essays
The Arctic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean
The Indian Ocean
The Pacific Ocean
The Southern Ocean
Oceans and Seas in World Culture
The Changing Nature of Ocean Boundaries
The Shipping Industry
Ocean Exploration
Environmental Issues and the World's Oceans
Part II: Topical Entries
Adriatic Sea
Age of Sail
America’s Cup
Antikythera Wreck
Aquaculture
Art and the Sea
Artificial Reefs
Atlantic Galleon Exchange
Atlantis
Atocha Wreck
Austronesians
Beachcombers (Transculturites)
Belitung Wreck
Bermuda Triangle
Bikini Atoll (Nuclear Pacific)
Burial at Sea
Carbon Cycle
Celestial Navigation
Climate Change
Clotilda Wreck
Coastal Erosion and Deposition
Columbian Exchange
Commodities
Cook, James (1728–1779)
Coral Reefs
Coriolis Effect
Cousteau, Jacques (1910–1997)
Cross-Cultural Encounters
Cruise Ships and Cruising
Da Gama, Vasco (1469–1524)
Deep Sea Exploration
Earle, Sylvia (1935–)
El Niño/La Niña
Endurance Wreck
Estuaries
Exclusive Economic Zone
Film and the Sea
Fishing
Fortified Wines (Port and Madeira)
Franklin’s Lost Expedition
Glaciers
Great Barrier Reef (Australia)
Great Pacific Garbage Patch
The Great Wave Off Kanagawa
Groot (Grotius), Hugo de (1583–1645)
Hanseatic League
Heyerdahl, Thor (1914–2002)
Hokule‘a
Hurricanes and Typhoons
Ibn Majid, Ahmad (c. 1432–c. 1500)
Icebreaker Ships
Ice Melt
Islands
Law of the Sea
Literature and the Sea
Little Ice Age
Littoral
Magellan, Ferdinand (1480–1521)
Manila Galleon
Marine Pollution
Maritime Archaeology
Maritime Deities
Maritime Empires
Maritime Organizations
Maritime Trade
Mediterranean Sea
Mermaids
MH370
Microplastics
Moby-Dick
Mu (Continent of)
Music and Seafarers
Myths and Legends
Nansen, Fridtjof (1861–1930)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Navigation
Nor'easter
Northwest Passage
Ocean Acidification
Ocean Currents
Ocean Tides
Panama Canal
Piailug, Mau (1932–2010)
Piracy
Plate Tectonics
Poseidon/Neptune
Queen Anne’s Revenge Wreck
Reefs
Salinity
Sama Bajo
Sargasso Sea
Sea Ice
Sea Level Rise
Sea Monsters
Sea Peoples
Sharks
Shipbreaking and Ship Graveyards
South China Sea
Submarines
Suez Canal
Surfing
Survival at Sea
Terra Australis Incognita
Thalassocracy
Titanic Wreck
Tomol
Tsunami
Tupaia (c. 1725–1770)
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Underwater Volcanoes
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
Vikings
Warships during the North American Colonial Wars
Waves
Whales and Whaling
Zheng He (1371–c. 1430)
Bibliography
About the Editors and Contributors
Index
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