Published by CQ Press, an Imprint of SAGE Publications, Inc. www.cqresearcher.com Protecting the Oceans Can damage to marine life be halted? O ceans cover more than 70 percent of Earth’s surface and are essential for human life. They supply much of the world’s food and oxygen. Today, however, many parts of the world’s oceans are overfished and polluted. Climate change is altering marine ecology, and rising water temperatures are severely harming shellfish, coral reefs and other resources. Excess nutrients from land-based sources such as wastewater and fertilizer have created hundreds of ocean “dead zones,” huge areas depleted of oxygen, where little or no sea life can survive. In the Gulf of Mexico, scientists are still assessing the effects on marine life stemming from the massive 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Ocean exploration has fired human imagination for centuries, and scientists are still finding A volunteer collects plastic bags and other rubbish from Manila Bay during an ocean cleanup day on July 3, 2014. Plastic waste and other forms of pollution, including toxic chemicals and nutrients from farms and urban runoff, are reducing water quality worldwide and killing fish and shellfish. new life forms, many of which could yield new medicines and other valuable products. But experts warn that without better protection, ocean water quality, fish stocks and marine habitats will suffer long-lasting damage. I N THIS REPORT S I D E CQ Researcher • Oct. 17, 2014 • www.cqresearcher.com Volume 24, Number 37 • Pages 865-888 THE ISSUES ....................867 BACKGROUND ................874 CHRONOLOGY ................875 CURRENT SITUATION ........880 AT ISSUE........................881 OUTLOOK ......................883 RECIPIENT OF SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE u AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION SILVER GAVEL AWARD BIBLIOGRAPHY ................886 THE NEXT STEP ..............887
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