ИСТИНА

Recreational resources of the World Ocean are of priority significance for tourism. Its ecological state has a dominant influence on the natural-recreational potential of the seas and coastal areas, and is largely dependent on human activities, primarily related to the elaboration of mineral resources. The active elaborations of hydrocarbon deposits in the shelf zone, which lead to destabilization and degradation of marine ecosystems, represent the greatest danger for the World Ocean. Thus, there is a very real threat not only to the tourism potential, but and for civilization as a whole. Ecological Mega-catastrophe in 2010 on oil and gas deposits in the Gulf of Mexico is a warning for humanity. The author takes an active and direct participation in the development of a new method for operational distance research the Earth's natural resources. Its applying for the study of global hydrocarbon system of the Earth allowed to establish: the Earth has a hydrocarbon shell in the mantle, which fuels oil and gas deposits in the earth's crust; oil and gas should be attributed to renewable natural resources; hydrocarbon resources on dry land of the Earth practically inexhaustible. Developing of alternative hydrocarbon resources on dry land of the Earth should help to take off environmental load of the Ocean, to restore of its recreational potential and lost Harmony with Nature. Are given: justification of danger of exploitation of marine oil and gas deposits; examples of the reality and effectiveness of the new method of research of natural resources; examples of marine regions, where oil and gas activities poses a threat to tourism and recreation, and an optimistic estimate of hydrocarbon resources on dry land of the Earth in these regions.