Bibliograph

Coral whisperers, scientists on the brink, Irus Braverman

Type

Label

Coral whisperers, scientists on the brink, Irus Braverman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Coral whisperers

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1029087596

Responsibility statement

Irus Braverman

Series statement

Critical environments : nature, science, and politics, 3

Sub title

scientists on the brink

Summary

"In recent years, a catastrophic global bleaching event devastated many of the world's precious coral reefs. Working on the front lines of ruin, today's coral scientists are struggling to save these important coral-reef ecosystems from the imminent threats of rapidly warming, acidifying, and polluted oceans. Coral Whisperers captures a critical moment in the history of coral-reef science. Based on over one hundred interviews with leading scientists and conservation managers, Irus Braverman documents a community caught in an existential crisis and alternating between despair and hope. In this important new book, corals emerge as signs and measures, but also as a way out of the projected collapse of life on earth"--Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Introduction : coral whisperers -- Corals in the Anthropocene : an interview with Peter Sale -- Coral scientists between hope and despair -- Prophet of doom : an interview with Ove Hoegh-Guldberg -- "And then we wept": coral death on record -- The pristine is gone : an interview with Jeremy Jackson -- Fragments of hope : nursing corals back to life -- Building bridges and trees : an interview with Ken Nedimyer -- Coral law under threat -- The Cinderella of corals : an interview with J. Murray Roberts -- The coral holobiont : hope and the genomic turn -- A super coral scientist : an interview with Ruth Gates -- Conclusion : coral scientists on the brink -- List of interviews

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