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PREFACE SUMMARY WHY OCEANS MATTER THE SEA – ONE OF THE LARGEST FOOD FACTORIES ON THE PLANET SEAMOUNTS AND CONTINENTAL SHELVES – THE OCEAN’S UNPROTECTED TREASURE VAULTS CORAL REEFS THREATS TO THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE SEA CORAL BLEACHING EXTREME WEATHER AND HURRICANES IMPACT COASTS SEA LEVEL RISE OCEAN ACIDIFICATION INCREASING SEA TEMPERATURES ALREADY CAUSE CHANGES IN DISTRIBUTION OF MARINE LIFE SLOWING DOWN OF THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION AND CONTINENTAL MARGIN DENSE-WATER EXCHANGE MECHANISMS MARINE POLLUTION AND COASTAL DEVELOPMENT IMPACT OF UNSUSTAINABLE FISHING PRACTICES ON SEA BED AND OCEAN PRODUCTIVITY EXOTIC AND INVASIVE SPECIES INFESTATIONS – THE NEW PIRATES OF THE WORLD’S OCEANS THE PRESSURES AND FATE OF THE CONTINENTAL SHELVES IS BOTH A NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY THE CUMULATIVE IMPACTS CONTRIBUTORS REFERENCESCONTENTS
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