A biologist known for his work on coral reefs, a hot spot of marine degradation often compared to rainforests on land, Roberts takes readers on a journey through biology, chemistry and geology, from the creation of the planet to the present. No account of the cataclysm is more engaging than Roberts’ “The Ocean of Life.”Although it contains very little that is new - the science has been published and the warnings have been heard - the book is powerful in its completeness. One of the scientists leading the way is Callum Roberts, who, in his latest book, catalogs the extent of the oceans’ crisis. So in some ways the crisis we are discovering comes as a far greater shock than the devastation of the land that we have been observing for more than a century. With the exception of a few pioneers, we have been studying and cataloging the devastation of the ocean for only two or three decades and intensely studying it for little more than a decade. The Ocean of Life: The Fate of Man and the Sea by By Callum Roberts (Viking) Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu
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