Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
295 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [280]-290) and index. |
Contents |
BEGINNINGS. Eden in the depths -- First land, first sea -- TOUCHED BY THE SEA. Building the basin -- Breathing -- Circle of water -- Explosion of life -- A green sea -- Arrival of fishes -- Climate from the sea -- Mass extinction -- The Anthropocene -- TOUCHING THE SEA. The long migration -- Edge of continents -- Rhythms on a reef -- Far ends of the earth -- Where rivers meet the sea -- Our water, our world -- Timeline. |
Summary |
The author of Great Waters: An Atlantic Passage identifies a living partnership between the earth and its life, explaining the comparatively new responsibility of human beings in protecting the sea in order to safeguard climate and environmental interests. |
Subject |
Marine biology -- Pictorial works.
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Marine ecology -- Pictorial works.
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Oceanography -- Pictorial works.
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ISBN |
9780061343834 alkaline paper |
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0061343838 alkaline paper |
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