The Ocean of Life: The Fate of Man and the Sea

Roberts, Callum

ISBN 10: 0143123483 / ISBN 13: 9780143123484

Verlag: Penguin Books, 2013

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 0143123483-3-22065852

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A Silent Spring for 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 Life is a wake-up call that will appeal to anyone who loves the sea and its creatures.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren: Callum Roberts is the author of The Unnatural History of the Sea, a Washington Post Book of the Year and winner of the Rachel Carson Environment Book Award. A professor of marine conservation at the University of York, he consulted on the Blue Planet series and the IMAX film The Wild Ocean and is a frequent keynote speaker at environmental conferences (including Mission Blue, TED and the Skoll foundation). He advised and was featured in The End of the Line, a documentary on the global fishing crisis and appeared in the National Geographic documentary America Before Columbus. He is on the board of Seaweb and provided the scientific basis for the creation of the world’s first high seas protected network.

Callum Roberts is the author of The Unnatural History of the Sea, aWashington Post Book of the Year and winner of the Rachel Carson Environment Book Award. A professor of marine conservation at the University of York, in England, he consulted on the Blue Planet series and the IMAX filmThe Wild Ocean.

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Titel: The Ocean of Life: The Fate of Man and the ...
Verlag: Penguin Books
Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Good