1st Edition

Marine Pollution and Climate Change

Edited By Andres Hugo Arias, Jorge Eduardo Marcovecchio Copyright 2018
    336 Pages
    by CRC Press

    336 Pages 12 Color & 64 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    336 Pages 12 Color & 64 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    This book presents a broad overview of pollution issues facing climatic, economic, and legal globalization. Topics include changes in oceans from ancient times to the present, the importance of marine currents and changing climates, marine pollution linked to climate change (fossil fuels, global carbon dioxide, heavy metals, pesticides, plastics, emerging pollutants, and marine debris), global shipping and species invasion, global climate change in the Arctic and Antarctic environments, and regulatory responses to mitigate pollution and climate change in oceans.

    Ancient vs. Modern Oceans: Perspectives in a Climate Change Scenario. South Atlantic Circulation and Variability from a Data Assimilating Model. The Issue of Fossil Fuels at The Ocean: Emissions to the Sea and Contribution to Global CO2. Continent Derived Metal Pollution Through Time: Challenges of the Global Ocean. Emerging Pollutants in the Global Change Scenario. Marine Debris: Problems and Solutions of the Changing Ocean. Global Shipping, Ballast Water and Invasive Species. High Seas Deep-sea Fisheries under the Global Changing Trends. Globalization of the Antarctic seas: Pollution and Climate Change Perspectives. International Regulatory Responses to Global Challenges in Marine Pollution and Climate Change.

    Biography

    Andres Hugo Arias is a researcher and assistant professor at Instituto Argentinio de Oceanografia, Buenos Aires, Argentina.



    Jorge Eduardo Marcovecchio is a researcher at Instituto Argentinio de Oceanografia, Buenos Aires, Argentina.