The world is blue
Subtitle: how our fate and the ocean's are one
By: Sylvia A. Earle
Edition: 1st pbk. ed.
Publisher: National Geographic
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9781426206399
Copyright date: 2009
Subjects: Marine biology; Oceanography; Nature; Marine ecology; Marine pollution; Effect of human beings on
Description: "... [L]egendary marine scientist Sylvia Earle portrays a global ecosystem on the brink of irreversible environmental crisis unless we act immediately. A Silent Spring for our era, this eloquent, urgent, fascinating book reveals how the past 50 years of destructive--and ever accelerating--oceanic change threaten the very existence of life on Earth." -- back cover.
Notes: "Including the complete text of Dr. Earle's congressional testimony on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster." -- cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [308]-319).
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Bill McKibben; title: A view from the Gulf of Mexico, April-June, 2010; title: Why care that the world is blue?; title: Perspective; title: The vision : limitless ocean bounty, infinite resiliency. Taking wildlife I : the mammals ; Taking wildlife II : the fish ; Taking wildlife III : the shellfish ; The ultimate garbage disposal; title: The reality : the ocean is in trouble, therefore, so are we. Biodiversity loss : unraveling the fabric of life in the sea ; Drilling, mining, shipping, spilling ; Changing climate, changing chemistry; title: Now is the time : opportunities for action. Exploring the ocean ; Governing the ocean ; Farming the ocean ; Protecting the ocean; title: Acknowledgments; title: About the author; title: TED talk; title: Congressional testimony; title: Protected marine sites; title: Chart assessing progress toward global marine protection targets; title: Marine protected areas maps.