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Coral Reefs - Majestic Realms under the Sea (Hardcover)
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Coral Reefs - Majestic Realms under the Sea (Hardcover)
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An eye-opening introduction to the complexity, wonder, and vital
roles of coral reefs "Part memoir, part popular science, part call
to action on climate change, the book makes a compelling case for
why coral reefs deserve more attention. Sale's argument is as
simple as it is powerful: as coral reefs go, so goes the rest of
the planet." -Bryan P. Galligan, Commonweal When mass coral
bleaching and die-offs were first identified in the 1980s, and
eventually linked to warming events, the scientific community was
sure that such a dramatic and unambiguous signal would serve as a
warning sign about the devastating effects of global warming.
Instead, most people ignored that warning. Subsequent decades have
witnessed yet more degradation. Reefs around the world have lost
more than 50 percent of their living coral since the 1970s. In this
book, distinguished marine ecologist Peter F. Sale imparts his
passion for the unexpected beauty, complexity, and necessity of
coral reefs. By placing reefs in the wider context of global
climate change, Sale demonstrates how their decline is more than
simply a one-off environmental tragedy, but rather an existential
warning to humanity. He offers a reframing of the enormous
challenge humanity faces as a noble venture to steer the planet
into safe waters that might even retain some coral reefs.
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