This single-volume resource explores the five major oceans of the world, addressing current issues such as sea rise and climate change and explaining the significance of the oceans from historical, geographic, and cultural perspectives. The World's Oceans: Geography, History, and Environment is a one-stop resource that describes in-depth the Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, Pacific, and Southern Oceans and identifies their importance, today and throughout history. Essays address the subject areas of oceans and seas in world culture, fishing and shipping industries through history, ocean exploration, and climate change and oceans.
The book also presents dozens of entries covering a breadth of topics on human culture, the environment, history, and current issues as they relate to the oceans and ocean life. Sample entries provide detailed information on topics such as the Bermuda Triangle, Coral Reefs, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Ice Melt, Myths and Legends, Piracy, and Whaling. Contributions to the work come from top researchers in the fields of history and maritime studies, including Paul D'Arcy, John Gillis, Tom Hoogervorst, Michael North, and Lincoln Paine. The volume highlights the numerous ways in which Earth's oceans have influenced culture and society, from the earliest seafaring civilizations to the future of the planet.
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 Antikythera Wreck Aquaculture Art and the Sea 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 Coastal Erosion and Deposition The Columbian Exchange Commodities Cook, James (1728–1779) Coral Reefs Coriolis Effect Cousteau, Jacques (1910–1997) Cross-Cultural Encounters Da Gama, Vasco (1469–1524) Deep Sea Exploration Earle, Sylvia (1935–) El Niño/La Niña Estuaries Exclusive Economic Zone Fortified Wines (Port and Madeira) Glaciers Great Barrier Reef (Australia) Great Pacific Garbage Patch The Great Wave Off Kanagawa Groot (Grotius), Hugo de (1583–1645) Heyerdahl, Thor (1914–2002) Hokule'a Hurricanes and Typhoons Ibn Majid, Ahmad (c. 1432–c. 1500) Ice Melt Islands Law of the Sea Literature and the Sea Little Ice Age Littoral Magellan, Ferdinand (1480–1521) The Manila Galleon Marine Pollution Maritime Archaeology Maritime Deities Maritime Empires Maritime Organizations Maritime Trade Mediterranean Sea Mermaids MH370 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 Reefs Salinity Sargasso Sea Sea Ice Sea Level Rise Sea Monsters The Sea Peoples Sharks The South China Sea Suez Canal Surfing Terra Australis Incognita Thalassocracy Tomol Tsunami Tupaia (c. 1725–1770) United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea The Vikings Warships: North American Colonial Wars Waves Whales and Whaling Zheng He (1371–c. 1430) Bibliography About the Editors and Contributors Index
Rainer F. Buschmann is professor and founding faculty member in the history program at the California State University Channel Islands. Lance Nolde is assistant professor in the history program at California State University Channel Islands.
Reviews for The World's Oceans: Geography, History, and Environment
A solid selection . . . for general readers, high school students, and undergraduates trawling for oceanic facts. - Library Journal
- Winner of 2019 Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2019
- Winner of 2019 Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2019 (United States)
- Winner of Top 10 Reference Books: 2019 2019
- Winner of Top 10 Reference Books: 2019 2019 (United States)
