The ocean of life : the fate of man and the sea / Callum Roberts.
By: Roberts, Callum
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TextPublisher: New York : Viking, 2012Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: x, 405 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780670023547; 067002354X.Subject(s): Ocean and civilization | Ocean -- History | Overfishing | Fishing -- Effect of human beings on | Marine ecologyDDC classification: 551.46 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. 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 -- pt. 2. 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 -- Appendix 1. Seafood with a clear conscience -- Appendix 2. Conservation charities working to protect ocean life.
Putting our exploitation of the seas into historical context, Roberts offers a devastating account of the impact of modern fishing techniques, pollution, and climate change, and reveals what it would take to steer the right course while there is still time.
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