Unit 1 An Overview of Ocean and Oceanography
Text A The World Ocean
Text B Oceanography
Unit 2 Marine Biology
Text A Current Events in Marine Biology
Text B Why Is the Ocean Less Green?
Unit 3 Marine Pollution
Text A A Sea of Troubles
Text B The Acid Sea
Unit 4 Climate Variability
Text A Global Warming： A Changing Climate of Opinion?
Text B Geo-Engineering： Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud
Unit 5 Marine Disasters
Text A What Are Harmful Algal Blooms （HABs）?
Text B Making Waves
Unit 6 Marine Resource Exploration
Text A Tapping the Oceans
Text B Plumbing the Depths
Unit 7 Marine Conservation
TextA The Conundrums of the Deep Dark Sea
Text B Not Whaling but Drowning
Unit 8 Protection of Fisheries Resources
Text A Inland Fishery Enhancement
Text B Maintaining Biosecurity in Aquaculture
Unit 9 Polar Marine Expedition
Text A To Save the Southern Polar Environment： Dump the Antarctic Treaty
Text B Bubble Curtains： Can They Dampen Offshore Energy Sound for Whales?
Unit 10 Future Oceans
Text A Introducing the Transparent Ocean
Text B Summary for Policy-Makers
Appendix 1 Academic Writing
Appendix 2 Key Marine-related Journals & Books