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Front Cover 		1
PREFACE 		5
SUMMARY 		7
CONTENTS 		13
WHY OCEANS MATTER 		14
THE SEA – ONE OF THE LARGEST FOOD FACTORIES ON THE PLANET 		16
SEAMOUNTS AND CONTINENTAL SHELVES – THE OCEAN’S UNPROTECTED TREASURE VAULTS 		18
CORAL REEFS 		22
THREATS TO THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT 		26
CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE SEA 		27
CORAL BLEACHING 		28
EXTREME WEATHER AND HURRICANES IMPACT COASTS 		30
SEA LEVEL RISE 		32
OCEAN ACIDIFICATION 		35
INCREASING SEA TEMPERATURES ALREADY CAUSE CHANGES IN DISTRIBUTION OF MARINE LIFE 		38
SLOWING DOWN OF THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION AND CONTINENTAL MARGIN DENSE-WATER EXCHANGE MECHANISMS 		39
MARINE POLLUTION AND COASTAL DEVELOPMENT 		42
IMPACT OF UNSUSTAINABLE FISHING PRACTICES ON SEA BED AND OCEAN PRODUCTIVITY 		46
EXOTIC AND INVASIVE SPECIES INFESTATIONS – THE NEW PIRATES OF THE WORLD’S OCEANS 		52
THE PRESSURES AND FATE OF THE CONTINENTAL SHELVES IS BOTH A NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY 		54
THE CUMULATIVE IMPACTS 		56
CONTRIBUTORS AND REVIEWERS 		59
REFERENCES 		60
Back Cover 		64
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