Publisher's Synopsis
The world's seas are under threat, with their abundance of life-forms at a wide range of risks. "Saving the Oceans" shows why they are vital to life on earth, what is being done by scientists and environmentalists to save them and what readers can do to help. The contributors are Hillary Hauser; Marie Tharp; Tim Parsons; Sylvia Earle; Peter Rona; John Lythgoe; Michael Donoghue; Anatoly Sagalevitch.