How Our Fate And The Ocean's Are One
National Geographic
October 2009
On Sale: September 29, 2009
320 pages
ISBN: 1426205414
EAN: 9781426205415
Hardcover
$26.00
Non-Fiction
A Silent Spring for our era, this eloquent, urgent,
fascinating book reveals how just 50 years of swift and
dangerous oceanic change threatens the very existence of
life on Earth. Legendary marine scientist Sylvia Earle
portrays a planet teetering on the brink of irreversible
environmental crisis.In recent decades we’ve learned more
about the ocean than in all previous human history combined.
But, even as our knowledge has exploded, so too has our
power to upset the delicate balance of this complex
organism. Modern overexploitation has driven many species to
the verge of extinction, from tiny but indispensable biota
to magnificent creatures like tuna, swordfish, and great
whales. Since the mid-20th century about half our coral
reefs have died or suffered sharp decline; hundreds of
oxygen-deprived "dead zones" blight our coastal waters; and
toxic pollutants afflict every level of the food
chain.Fortunately, there is reason for hope, but what we
do?or fail to do?in the next ten years may well resonate for
the next ten thousand. The ultimate goal, Earle argues
passionately and persuasively, is to find responsible,
renewable strategies that safeguard the natural systems that
sustain us. The first step is to understand and act upon the
wise message of this accessible, insightful, and compelling
book.
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