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War, Climate and the Battle for the Ocean that Keeps us Alive
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In Blue Heart, Mark Mellett, former Vice Admiral and head of the Irish Navy, and former Chief of Staff of the Irish Defence Forces compelling argues that the defining crises of the twenty-first century — climate change, energy insecurity, geopolitical instability, food vulnerability and the erosion of democratic resilience — are all converging at sea. Drawing on a lifetime in naval command and international security, Mellett examines how the ocean has quietly sustained the modern world: regulating climate, absorbing carbon, carrying global trade, supporting food systems and enabling the undersea digital networks on which economies now depend. Yet this vast living system is under mounting pressure from warming waters, biodiversity collapse,
overexploitation and intensifying strategic competition.
From the North Atlantic to the deep waters west of Ireland, from vulnerable undersea cables to contested energy infrastructure, Blue Heart reveals an ocean becoming both more fragile and more geopolitically significant. Mellett explores the rise of hybrid maritime conflict, the risks posed by failing governance systems, and the profound implications of climate disruption for migration, sovereignty and global security.
Vice Admiral Mark Mellett was the first naval officer in the history of the Irish State to serve as Chief of Staff of the Irish Defence Forces, having previously served as Chief of Navy, serving in this role until 2001. He holds a PhD in Political Science from NUI Galway, is a graduate of the distinguished United States Naval War College (where he was top graduate from the 32 attending countries), the top graduate of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich and was recently appointed Adjunct Professor of Law at UCC.
