The world is blue how our fate and the ocean's are one /
"A silent spring for our era, this eloquent, urgent, fascinating book reveals how just 50 years of destructive--and ever accelerating--oceanic change threatens the very existence of life on Earth. Legendary marine scientist Sylvia Earle portrays a global ecosystem on the brink of irreversible e...
| Main Author: | Earle, Sylvia A., 1935- |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
National Geographic,
[2009]
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| Physical Description: |
303 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.