Includes bibliographical references (page 187) and index.

1, A new evolution: exploration and development of the ocean : -- The future of the oceans -- Accelerating ocean exploration / Marcia McNutt -- Expanded boundaries and hidden treasures / Robert D. Ballard -- Space exploration dollars dwarf ocean spending / Michael Conathan -- Implementing the National Ocean Policy / Liza Johnson -- National Ocean Policy creates more red tape, hurts economy / Doc Hastings -- National Ocean Policy: plan, schedule, but no muscle / Pietro Parravano, Zeke Grader -- New federal ocean policy bodes ill for Alaska / Charisse Millett -- Advocates push for new Atlantic offshore drilling / Emery P. Dalesio -- Proposed energy exploration sparks worry on ocean canyons / Paul Greenberg.

2, The exploited seas : -- From collapsing fisheries to oil spills -- Deep sea mining: coming soon to an ocean near you / Carlos Duarte, Sophie Arnaud-Haond -- Will deep-sea mining yield an underwater gold rush? / Meghan Miner -- Why Arctic Ocean oil drilling is a risky choice / Rick Steiner -- No more offshore drilling: clean energy needs to be our goal / Jacqueline Savitz -- California finds more instances of offshore fracking / Alicia Chang, Jason Dearen -- The Empty Oceans Act: House offers draft bill to gut protections for fisheries and fishing economies / Alexandra Adams -- Ocean grabbing: plundering a common resource / Mich�ele Mesmain -- Fish 2.0: investing in sustainable oceans and fisheries / David Bank.

3, Sea stewardship and the cost of neglect : -- Pollution, climate change, and beyond -- Climate change to cause "massive" ocean damage by 2100 / Environment News Service -- Ocean acidification: the other climate change issue / Ashanti Johnson, Natasha D. White -- Ocean acidification decreases growth and development in American lobster (Homarus americanus) larvae / Elise A. Keppel, Ricardo A. Scrosati, Simon C. Courtenay -- US has failed to protect marine life, say conservationists / Carey L. Biron -- Scientists call for global action on coral reefs / Alex Peel -- Arctic at risk from invasive species / Christopher Ware -- Our trash has become a new ocean ecosystem called "the plastisphere" / Sarah Zhang -- Navy expands sonar testing despite troubling signs / Julie Watson, Alicia Chang -- How military sonar may be harming endangered blue whales / Joseph Bennington-Castro.

4, Hubris on the high seas : -- Governing the ocean -- China's Indian Ocean strategy not a danger--yet / Stanley Weiss -- The road to war is paved with Chinese intentions / James Dunnigan -- ASEAN must show solidarity / Alejandro Del Rosario -- US Navy's Indian Ocean folly? / James Holmes, Toshi Yoshihara -- Military activities in the exclusive economic zones of foreign coastal states / Moritaka Hayashi -- No fishing: row erupts between China and US over fishing restrictions / Reuters -- China's new fishing regulations: an act of state piracy? / Carl Thayer -- A hidden victim of Somali pirates: science / Paul Salopek.

5, 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? / Robert McLeman -- What happens when your country drowns? / Rachel Morris -- Where will we live? / Michael Le Page, Jeff Hecht, Richard Fisher -- The rising tide: environmental refugees / Andrew Lam -- Environmental refugees growing in numbers without real solution / Trisha Marczak -- Kiribati and the impending climate refugee crisis / Sandi Keane -- Threatened by rising seas, small island nations appeal for more aid at UN / UN News Centre -- "Climate change refugee" fighting to stay in New Zealand, argues rising sea levels makes Pacific Island home too dangerous / Nick Perry -- Stop using the term "environmental refugee" / Tim Kovach -- What should be done about climate change refugees? / Debra Black -- Artificial island could be solution for rising Pacific sea levels / John Vidal -- Floating islands to the rescue in the Maldives / Debra Black -- America's first climate refugees / Suzanne Goldenberg -- Beyond asylum seeker funerals / Andrew Hamilton.