Oceans and Human Health Opportunities and Impacts

"This book focuses on a very complex relationships between humans and oceans, offering its reader the colorful international case studies...

It explores our future and how planet population can get together to nurture our relationship with oceans." --Wonderpedia USA

"Now in its second edition, this book continues to provide the definitive reference regarding oceans and health.... It offers a valuable meta-synthesis for land-based environments, too, with its subtitle, Opportunities and Impacts, equally applicable to terrestrial contexts.... Throughout its descriptions persists a theme of serving not only present students and researchers but also forming a guide for future professionals. Sylvia Earle's dedication encapsulates its premise: With every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you're connected to the sea.... The book spans about eight hundred pages of useful oceanographically oriented material, organized into an Overview of Oceans and Human Health plus six major sections.... Its concluding section, "Oceans and Human Health Stewardship, Literacy and Citizenship," does a reasonable job of not only summarizing but also outlining critical issues." --©Doody s Review Service, 2024, John T. Pierce, MBBS (MD) PhD (Navy Environmental Health Center)