Oceans and Human Health: Opportunities and Impacts

Oceans and Human Health: Opportunities and Impacts, Second Edition expands the focus of interactions between the oceans and human health (OHH) to include benefits, opportunities, as well as risks. This new edition combines marine biology, oceanography, toxicology, natural products chemistry, environmental microbiology, urban planning, epidemiology, and public health to understanding the ways in which the ocean and the human population affect each other.Written and edited by an international and interdisciplinary team of experts, this book begins with the newer information that has been researched on OHH, highlighting benefits to the relationship between oceans and humans; cultural and historic values, food, and medicines are covered here. It then delves into the risks and negative human impacts, including climate change, ecosystem degradation, harmful algal blooms, and various forms of pollution. The book then emphasizes tools and solutions for addressing and curbing these risks, from the scientific aspect of monitoring and measuring to the social aspect of community engagement and legal regulation. It concludes with a look at the future of OHH and how communities around the world can act together to conserve this relationship. Oceans and Human Health: Opportunities and Impacts, Second Edition is an interdisciplinary resource for researchers from numerous backgrounds, ranging from marine sciences, sustainability, evolution, and ecology. Advanced students and academics studying OHH will also find this as a vital resource for understanding past, present, and future implications. Restructured and revised to address benefits, opportunities, risks, and impacts behind the relationship between oceans and humans Identifies and links necessary tools to relevant disciplines for action Covers socio-economic, political, and ethical analyses behind the latest OHH research Provides study questions at the end of each chapter to encourage individual thought and action, and as a resource for course instructors INDICE: Section I: Ocean Benefits, Opportunities, and Resources 1. Ocean Ecosystem Services 2. Humans and the Sea: Cultural and Historic Value 3. Food from the Sea 4. Medicines from the Sea 5. Other Marine Natural Products 6. Beyond the Blue Gym Section II: Ocean Risks and Negative Human Impacts 7. Ocean Ecosystem Degradation and Human Populations 8. Climate Change and the Ocean 9. Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) 10. Microbial and Antimicrobial Resistance 11. Chemical Pollution 12. Plastics, Behavior Change, and the Ocean 13. Radiation and the Ocean 14. Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Section III: Other Aspects 15. Geographic Seas, Oceans, and their Communities Ocean Sectors Section IV: Necessary Tools 16. Monitoring and Observing the Oceans 17. Monitoring and Measuring Human Health and Wellbeing 18. Ocean Law, Policies, and Regulation 19. Community Engagement, Involvement, and Co-Leadership Section V: Future Scanning and Innovations 20. Horizon Scanning for Risks, Opportunities and Benefits 21. Ocean Stewardship

  • ISBN: 978-0-323-95227-9
  • Editorial: Academic Press
  • Encuadernacion: Cartoné
  • Páginas: 700
  • Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2023
  • Nº Volúmenes: 1
  • Idioma: Inglés