The world is blue : how our fate and the ocean's are one / Sylvia A. Earle.
Material type: TextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2009.Description: 303 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:- 1426205414 (hardcover)
- 9781426205415 (hardcover)
- 9781426206399 (pbk.)
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 551.46 E12 | Available | 33111006268193 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A Silent Spring for our era, this eloquent, urgent, fascinating book reveals how just 50 years of swift and dangerous oceanic change threatens the very existence of life on Earth. Legendary marine scientist Sylvia Earle portrays a planet teetering on the brink of irreversible environmental crisis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [286]-303).
Foreword / Bill McKibben -- Why care that the world is blue? -- Perspective -- The vision : limitless ocean bounty, infinite resiliency. Taking wildlife I : the mammals ; Taking wildlife II : the fish ; Taking wildlife III : the shellfish ; The ultimate garbage disposal -- The reality : the ocean is in trouble, therefore, so are we. Biodiversity loss : unraveling the fabric of life in the sea ; Drilling, mining, shipping, spilling ; Changing climate, changing chemistry -- Now is the time : opportunities for action. Exploring the ocean ; Governing the ocean ; Smart aquaculture ; Protecting the ocean -- TED talk -- Protected marine sites -- Chart assessing progress toward global marine protection targets -- Marine protected areas maps.