... 76808182CONTENTS1415Water is crucial for all aspects of life, the defining feature of our planet. Ninety seven and a half per cent of all water is found in the oceans, of the remaining freshwater only one per cent ... dazzling array of services – food, medicines, recreational amenity, shoreline protection, processing our waste, and sequestering carbon. At the begin-ning of the 21st century, the world faces ... the major factor, in Europe, the input of nutrients into the coastal waters reducing productivity and creating anoxic dead zones. the environment, polluting the water of downstream users, is not....