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Author:

Berwald, Juli, author.

Title:

Life on the rocks : building a future for coral reefs / Juli Berwald.

Publisher:

Riverhead Books,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Coral reefs and islands.
Coral reef conservation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Reef futures -- What keeps a reef together -- Florida -- Sulawesi -- Bali -- Dominican Republic -- Washington, D.C. -- Australia, from afar,

Summary:

"Coral reefs are a microcosm of our planet: wondrously diverse, deeply interconnected, and critically imperiled. They sustain entire ecosystems and protect vulnerable coasts. But corals across the planet are in the middle of an unprecedented die-off, beset by warming oceans, pollution, human damage, and their own devastating pandemic. Even under stress, they are out-of-this world gorgeous, sending out warning flares in fluorescent bursts of yellow, pink, and indigo. Juli Berwald fell in love with coral reefs as a marine biology student, entranced by their beauty and complexity. While she was concerned by bleaching events and coral disease, she didn't fully understand what a dead reef meant until she experienced one on a dive: barren, decaying, and coated in slime. Deeply alarmed, she traveled the world desperate to discover how to prevent their loss. Life on the Rocks is a meditative ode to the reefs and the undaunted scientists working to save them against almost impossible odds. Berwald explores what it means to keep fighting a battle that can't be won, contemplating the inevitable grief of climate change and the beauty of small victories"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0593087305
9780593087305

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1259292850

LCCN:

2021026535

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