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Collin Woodward's "Ocean's End -- summary of chapters one, two,

Collin Woodward's book "Ocean's End -- Travels Through Endangered Seas" provides a complex explanation regarding the current condition of the planet's natural world. The writer aims to raise public awareness by making it possible for people to observe the way that man's actions damaged the surrounding environment. The text covers a series of locations and the degree to which they have been damaged in recent years with the purpose to demonstrate that the effects of pollution can already be felt massively.

The first chapter, "Dead Seas," in the book begins by documenting the author's journey on the Black Sea as he tries to identify all the ecological disasters that occurred there during recent years. The writer wanted readers to comprehend that they too are likely to be among those responsible for not caring about oceans and the way they are treated in the contemporary society. He actually emphasizes the fact that many of them watch marine ecosystems being destroyed and are not even able to understand some of the reasons why this is happening. The Black Sea is a good example of these respective ecosystems being destroyed because it is isolated and can thus be observed more thoroughly.

Chapter two, "Ocean Blues," of the book goes on to address the planet's oceans and the significant role they play in maintaining habitable conditions for human beings. The writer attempts to emphasize the degree to which oceans are destroyed and the difficulty with which they manage to overcome part of the pollution they are confronted with. One of the most intriguing aspects of this is the fact that the masses generally consider the reduced population of fish available in oceans as a consequence of pollution rather than the overall effects that it is going to have on mankind in general.

There are a series of currents in the world's oceans and they function as a consequence of factors that have been around for millennia. Global warming is leading to some of these currents no longer functioning properly and even likely to disappear entirely, thus seriously damaging the planet's ability to maintain its temperatures. "If the ocean's currents were to suddenly stop flowing, there would be deserts in the tropics and thick ice sheets over Canada, Siberia, and Northern Europe." (Woodward,

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Chapter three, "Run on the Banks," provides a more intricate account of particular regions affected and the domino effect that one species' disappearance would have on the others. Fishing is emphasized as being one of the many actions that people perform and that have the oceans' destruction as a result. The existence of much of North America is owed to people fishing Cod in large quantities over the years. The disappearance of Cod is just one of the examples demonstrating the way that the world's seas are being affected. This makes it difficult for people in North America to concentrate on other aspects of pollution in oceans, as they tend to focus on the short-term effects rather than on their chances of survival as a community.