Ana Ferreira, Assunção Santos e Mike Weber - Descobrir o Mar

Sixth volume in the "Discover…" series of environmental education books (Discovering Tide Pools, Discovering the Beach, Discovering Riverbanks, Discovering the Estuary).

The sea represents a vast and fascinating part of our planet. Once viewed only as a source of food, a means of transport, a dumping ground, and a battlefield, the sea is now seen in a much broader way as an essential element for life on Earth, the true engine of the planet, shaping the climate and influencing weather conditions, governing the cycles of chemical elements, generating most of the oxygen and absorbing a large part of the carbon dioxide, and being the largest living space on Earth, not only in terms of genetic diversity but also in relation to the physical space it occupies.