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9781426206399

The World Is Blue

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    9781426206399

  • ISBN10:

    1426206399

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2010-10-12
  • Publisher: National Geographic

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Summary

Through compelling personal stories Sylvia Earle puts the peril of the ocean and its life in perspective for a wide public audience. * Less than 10% of all fish species remain. * Half the coral reefs globally have died or are in sharp decline. * Since the 1950s 300 dead zones--oxygen-deficient areas that can't sustain life--have appeard along coasts. * Contaminated water is increasing disease worldwide, including cholera. * Pollutants in seafood is sickening growing numbers of people. * The human impact on oceans and subsequently on climate change is effecting the future of the planet. * The next ten years may be the most important in the next 10,000 years--either because we have turned current environmental declines around, or we have not. Four main messages are major: why everyone should care about the ocean, a living entity; that its decline is directly linked to what we put into it; that the decline of our atmosphere is linked directly to the ocean's health; that there are ways to act to ensure its future health.

Author Biography

Known worldwide as the Ambassador for the Ocean, Sylvia Earle is also TIME magazine's first "Hero for the Planet" and National Geographic's first Explorer in Residence. She is former NOAA Chief Scientist, and the first person to walk untethered at the lowest depth ever—1, 250 feet. She is a major force in the establishment and growth of the world's marine sanctuaries and was personally responsible for convincing President Bush that the recently named sanctuary in Hawaii should be protected. She is founder and director of Deep Ocean Research and Exploration, which designs instruments for deep-sea exploration. She is author of 15 books on the ocean.

Table of Contents

Forewordp. 6
A View From the Gulf of Mexico: April-June 2010p. 8
Introduction: Why Care That the World Is Blue?p. 15
Perspectivep. 23
The Vision: Limitless Ocean Bounty, Infinite Resiliency
Taking Wildlife I-The Mammalsp. 29
Taking Wildlife II-The Fishp. 53
Taking Wildlife III-The Shellfishp. 79
The Ultimate Garbage Disposalp. 101
The Reality: The Ocean is in Trouble: Therefore, so are we
Biodiversity Loss: Unraveling the Fabric of Life in the Seap. 119
Drilling, Mining, Shipping, Spillingp. 139
Changing Climate, Changing Chemistryp. 159
Now is the Time: Opportunities for Action
Exploring the Oceanp. 185
Governing the Oceanp. 203
Farming the Oceanp. 221
Protecting the Oceanp. 241
Acknowledgmentsp. 260
About the Authorp. 262
TED Talkp. 264
Congressional Testimonyp. 271
Protected Marine Sitesp. 286
Chart Assessing Progress Toward Global Marine Protection Targetsp. 302
Marine Protected Areas Mapsp. 304
Bibliographyp. 308
Web Linksp. 316
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