Ocean of Life The Fate of Man and the Sea

Name: Ocean of Life The Fate of Man and the Sea
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ISBN: 9780143123484

ISBN-10: 0143123483

ISBN-13: 9780143123484

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Authors: Callum Roberts

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ASilent Springfor oceans—from “the Rachel Carson of the fish world” (The New York Times) The sea feeds and sustains us, but its future is under catastrophic threat. In this powerful and ambitious book Callum Roberts—one of the world’s foremost conservation biologists—tells the story of the history of the sea, from the earliest traces of water on earth to the oceans as we know them today. He offers a devastating account of the impact of overfishing, deep-sea mining, pollution, and climate change and explains what we must do now to preserve our rapidly dwindling marine life. Passionate and persuasive,The Ocean of Lifeis a wake-up call that will appeal to anyone who loves the sea and its…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/30/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 5.55" wide x 8.34" long x 0.95" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Prologue



Changing Seas



Four and a Half Billion Years



Food from the Sea



Fewer Fish in the Sea



Winds and Currents



Life on the Move



Rising Tides



Corrosive Seas



Dead Zones and the World's Great Rivers



Unwholesome Waters



The Age of Plastic



The Not So Silent World



Aliens, Invaders, and the Homogenization of Life



Pestilence and Plague



Mare Incognitum



Ecosystems at Your Service



Changing Course



Farming the Sea



The Great Cleanup



Can We Cool Our Warming World?



A New Deal for the Oceans



Life Renewed



Saving the Giants of the Sea



Preparing for the Worst


Epilogue: The Sea Ahead



Seafood with a Clear Conscience



Conservation Charities Working to Protect Ocean Life


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index