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  • Marine Pollution: What Everyone Needs to Know®

    Marine Pollution by Weis, Judith S.;

    What Everyone Needs to Know®

    Series: What Everyone Needs To Know®;

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    Product details:

    • Edition number 2
    • Publisher OUP USA
    • Date of Publication 21 August 2025

    • ISBN 9780197753804
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages352 pages
    • Size 23x140x209 mm
    • Weight 475 g
    • Language English
    • 689

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    Short description:

    Updated to reflect recent research, the second edition of Marine Pollution discusses the sources of marine pollutants, their effects on marine organisms and humans, and how to reduce or eliminate them. Weis covers topics like oil spills, flame retardants, pharmaceuticals, noise pollution, and PFAS. A new chapter examines the prevalence of microplastics, how they find their way into our food, and the associated toxic chemicals. Additional chapters address the deadly effects of climate change in the ocean but also focus on actions that all people can take, citing recent environmental improvements as a cause for hope.

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    Long description:

    For millennia, human societies have viewed the ocean as a dumping ground for waste products of all kinds. The sources of marine pollution are extensive, including oil spills, sewage, fertilizers, pesticides, industrial wastes, heavy metals, ocean acidification, plastics, and even invasive species, considered biological pollution. Yet, the solutions are not as clear.

    Updated to reflect recent research, this book discusses the sources of marine pollutants, their effects on marine organisms and humans, and how to reduce or eliminate them. Weis covers the aftermath of oil spills in addition to "emerging" topics like flame retardants, pharmaceuticals, noise pollution, and PFAS. A new chapter examines the prevalence of microplastics and how they rise through the food chain into human beings, along with their associated toxic chemicals. Additional chapters address the deadly effects of climate change in the ocean but also focus on actions that all people can take, citing recent environmental improvements as a cause for hope.

    Marine Pollution is an up-to-date, comprehensive survey of the different kinds and sources of contamination of marine waters. The author differentiates between contamination and pollution at the very beginning, noting that a contaminate becomes a pollutant-a toxic substance-only when it exceeds its normal/background concentration. The author emphasizes that pollution is a global problem that ultimately crosses geographical boundaries. Topics are carefully organized in interesting format and readable chapters. Summing Up: Recommended. All readers.

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    Table of Contents:

    Preface
    1. Introduction
    2. Nutrients
    3. Metals
    4. Oil
    5. Pesticides and Industrial Organic Chemicals
    6. Debris
    7. Microplastics
    8. Emerging Concerns
    9. Bioaccumulation and Biomagnification
    10. Climate Change and Ocean Acidification
    11. Biological Pollution
    12. Reducing Pollution

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