U.S. national debate topic, 2014-2015. The ocean /
US national debate topic, 2014-2015. The ocean United States national debate topic, 2014-2015. The ocean Ocean
[compiled by H.W. Wilson].
- xiii, 191 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
- The reference shelf ; volume 86, number 3 .
- Reference shelf ; v. 86, no. 3. .
Includes bibliographical references (page 187) and index.
The future of the oceans -- Accelerating ocean exploration / Expanded boundaries and hidden treasures / Space exploration dollars dwarf ocean spending / Implementing the National Ocean Policy / National Ocean Policy creates more red tape, hurts economy / National Ocean Policy: plan, schedule, but no muscle / New federal ocean policy bodes ill for Alaska / Advocates push for new Atlantic offshore drilling / Proposed energy exploration sparks worry on ocean canyons / Marcia McNutt -- Robert D. Ballard -- Michael Conathan -- Liza Johnson -- Doc Hastings -- Pietro Parravano, Zeke Grader -- Charisse Millett -- Emery P. Dalesio -- Paul Greenberg. 1, A new evolution: exploration and development of the ocean : -- From collapsing fisheries to oil spills -- Deep sea mining: coming soon to an ocean near you / Will deep-sea mining yield an underwater gold rush? / Why Arctic Ocean oil drilling is a risky choice / No more offshore drilling: clean energy needs to be our goal / California finds more instances of offshore fracking / The Empty Oceans Act: House offers draft bill to gut protections for fisheries and fishing economies / Ocean grabbing: plundering a common resource / Fish 2.0: investing in sustainable oceans and fisheries / Carlos Duarte, Sophie Arnaud-Haond -- Meghan Miner -- Rick Steiner -- Jacqueline Savitz -- Alicia Chang, Jason Dearen -- Alexandra Adams -- Mich�ele Mesmain -- David Bank. 2, The exploited seas : -- Pollution, climate change, and beyond -- Climate change to cause "massive" ocean damage by 2100 / Ocean acidification: the other climate change issue / Ocean acidification decreases growth and development in American lobster (Homarus americanus) larvae / US has failed to protect marine life, say conservationists / Scientists call for global action on coral reefs / Arctic at risk from invasive species / Our trash has become a new ocean ecosystem called "the plastisphere" / Navy expands sonar testing despite troubling signs / How military sonar may be harming endangered blue whales / Environment News Service -- Ashanti Johnson, Natasha D. White -- Elise A. Keppel, Ricardo A. Scrosati, Simon C. Courtenay -- Carey L. Biron -- Alex Peel -- Christopher Ware -- Sarah Zhang -- Julie Watson, Alicia Chang -- Joseph Bennington-Castro. 3, Sea stewardship and the cost of neglect : -- Governing the ocean -- China's Indian Ocean strategy not a danger--yet / The road to war is paved with Chinese intentions / ASEAN must show solidarity / US Navy's Indian Ocean folly? / Military activities in the exclusive economic zones of foreign coastal states / No fishing: row erupts between China and US over fishing restrictions / China's new fishing regulations: an act of state piracy? / A hidden victim of Somali pirates: science / Stanley Weiss -- James Dunnigan -- Alejandro Del Rosario -- James Holmes, Toshi Yoshihara -- Moritaka Hayashi -- Reuters -- Carl Thayer -- Paul Salopek. 4, Hubris on the high seas : -- Environmental refugees in a changing global climate -- Who will become the world's first climate change refugee? / What happens when your country drowns? / Rachel Morris -- Where will we live? / The rising tide: environmental refugees / Environmental refugees growing in numbers without real solution / Kiribati and the impending climate refugee crisis / Threatened by rising seas, small island nations appeal for more aid at UN / "Climate change refugee" fighting to stay in New Zealand, argues rising sea levels makes Pacific Island home too dangerous / Stop using the term "environmental refugee" / What should be done about climate change refugees? / Artificial island could be solution for rising Pacific sea levels / Floating islands to the rescue in the Maldives / America's first climate refugees / Beyond asylum seeker funerals / Robert McLeman -- Michael Le Page, Jeff Hecht, Richard Fisher -- Andrew Lam -- Trisha Marczak -- Sandi Keane -- UN News Centre -- Nick Perry -- Tim Kovach -- Debra Black -- John Vidal -- Debra Black -- Suzanne Goldenberg -- Andrew Hamilton. 5, Drifting along: the rise of the environmental refugee : --