| Titre : |
Exploring the océan |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
Behrman, Daniel, Auteur |
| Editeur : |
UNESCO |
| Année de publication : |
1970 |
| Importance : |
89 p. |
| Format : |
21 cm. |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Index. décimale : |
551 Géologie, météorologie, hydrologie générale |
| Résumé : |
Although 70 per cent of the world we live in is ocean, we know less about vast stretches of it than we do about the surface of the moon. Yet what we do know suggests that the need to know more is urgent: the sea is not only a powerful influence on our daily weather, it is a/so a source of food whether an increasing or a decreasing source only scientific control and experimentation can tell and a source of mineral wealth. And, as the largest distributing agent in the world, it can also be a dangerous disseminator of the increasing number of poisons which mankind has for too long been using for short-term purposes without much idea of their long-term effect.
This booklet by Daniel Behrman, a Unesco staff writer, is an account of man's latest attempts to learn more about the oceans. In human terms and non-technical language he describes a vast and continuing program which is one of the most exciting, and potentially one of the most important undertakings with which Unesco is associated, ft is also a story of international co-operation for peaceful ends which is virtually unparalleled in dimension and scope: more than sixty-five nations have taken, and are taking, part in research which encircles the earth.
Certain material in this booklet originally appeared in The New World of the Oceans, written by the author, and is used by permission of the publisher, Little, Brown & Co, Boston. The opinions expressed are the author's and do not necessarily reflect the official views of Unesco. |
Exploring the océan [texte imprimé] / Behrman, Daniel, Auteur . - UNESCO, 1970 . - 89 p. ; 21 cm. Langues : Anglais ( eng)
| Index. décimale : |
551 Géologie, météorologie, hydrologie générale |
| Résumé : |
Although 70 per cent of the world we live in is ocean, we know less about vast stretches of it than we do about the surface of the moon. Yet what we do know suggests that the need to know more is urgent: the sea is not only a powerful influence on our daily weather, it is a/so a source of food whether an increasing or a decreasing source only scientific control and experimentation can tell and a source of mineral wealth. And, as the largest distributing agent in the world, it can also be a dangerous disseminator of the increasing number of poisons which mankind has for too long been using for short-term purposes without much idea of their long-term effect.
This booklet by Daniel Behrman, a Unesco staff writer, is an account of man's latest attempts to learn more about the oceans. In human terms and non-technical language he describes a vast and continuing program which is one of the most exciting, and potentially one of the most important undertakings with which Unesco is associated, ft is also a story of international co-operation for peaceful ends which is virtually unparalleled in dimension and scope: more than sixty-five nations have taken, and are taking, part in research which encircles the earth.
Certain material in this booklet originally appeared in The New World of the Oceans, written by the author, and is used by permission of the publisher, Little, Brown & Co, Boston. The opinions expressed are the author's and do not necessarily reflect the official views of Unesco. |
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Exploring the océan
