Oceans in peril. Ocean watch -- The main threats -- Most endangered places -- Dead zones --- Most endangered species -- Global focus : ocean floor maps -- Ocean world : rocks and water. Ocean geology -- Earth's broken shell -- Ancient oceans -- Early ocean life -- Spreading oceans -- Habitat focus : seafloor oases -- The eternal abyss -- The deepest ocean -- The continental shelf -- Changing sea levels -- Issue focus : flooding the world -- The chemical ocean -- Issue focus : ocean acidification -- The moving ocean. Circulating water -- Oceans and climate -- Waves -- The tidal ocean.
Ocean life zones. Cataloging life -- Exploring the deep -- Issue focus : the world census -- Coastal waters. Ever-changing shorelines -- Sandy shores -- Wildlife focus : turtle tragedy-- Rocky coasts -- Wildlife focus : sea lion nurseries -- Estuaries and salt marshes -- Habitat focus : alien invasion -- Wildlife focus : the smallest cetacean -- Temperate waters. Life in the shallows -- Seaweed forests -- Going with the flow -- Habitat focus : the dirty sea -- Issue focus : the big catch -- Bed-ridden -- Tropical waters. The magic of coral -- Coral society -- Wildlife focus : coral in peril -- Mud and mangroves -- The ocean's meadows -- Issue focus : shellfish motives -- The fishing machines -- Polar waters. Icy seas -- Surviving the chill -- Wildlife focus : the vital krill -- Polar migration -- Wildlife focus : ocean giants : the whales -- Open waters. Ocean layers -- Ocean commuters -- The multitudinous mass -- Wildlife focus : sharks in danger -- Issue focus : deep haul -- Mighty hunters -- The ocean deeps. Deep life -- Dead zones.
The world's oceans and sea. The Atlantic -- The Atlantic basin -- The Gulf and the Caribbean -- Issue focus : spilled oil -- Habitat focus : the Sargasso Sea -- The Gulf Stream -- Habitat focus : once Grand Banks -- The Pacific. The Pacific basin -- The Pacific deeps -- Habitat focus : coral islands -- Habitat focus : the Great Barrier Reef -- Issue focus : plastic soup -- Habitat focus : ocean refuges -- The Indian Ocean. Opening the Indian Ocean -- Life in the Indian Ocean -- The Red Sea -- Wildlife focus : the giant clam -- The Southern Ocean. Southern Ocean waters -- Melting ice -- Life in the icy ocean -- Whaling business -- Habitat focus : whale sanctuary -- The Arctic Ocean. The Arctic Basin -- Arctic ice -- Arctic life -- Shrinking ice -- Dirty ice -- The seas of Europe. The Mediterranean -- Issue focus : Suez Canal invasion -- Habitat focus : the Mediterranean under pressure -- The North Sea -- The Baltic Sea -- Issue focus : lament for the bluefin -- The seas of Eurasia. The Black Sea -- Issue focus : the transparent invader -- The Caspian Sea -- The South China Sea. The sea of islands -- Habitat focus : the coral triangle -- Ocean future : the sea ethic -- Endangered marine species.
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