Life on the rocks : building a future for coral reefs / Juli Berwald.
"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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593087305
- ISBN: 0593087305
- Physical Description: 336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : Riverhead Books, 2022.
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-323) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Reef futures. Fairy land of fact ; Crazy ideas ; The issue of scale ; Buying excitement -- What keeps a reef together. A badass merger ; Hopeful monsters ; Tiny architects ; Bleaching beginnings ; Bleaching bombardment ; Unmasking immunity ; The holobiont ; Throwing shade -- Florida. Fragmentation ; Outbreak ; Lesion by legion -- Sulawesi. The tragedy of scale ; The scale of tragedy ; A place to restore ; A reef of hope ; A blast in Makassar ; Reef stars ; Galaxy of potential -- Bali. The coral cloud ; The coral farm ; A prayer for the sea -- Dominican Republic. The scale of tourism ; Corals on ice ; A coral named Romeo ; Synchrony of spawn ; Coral kindergarten ; Category 5 -- Washington, D.C. X-tinguished ; The lifeboats ; Reef investments -- Australia, from afar. Cancellation ; Collapse ; Flicker ; Survival genes ; Brightening ; The coin toss.
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- 22 of 23 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 23 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Main Library | 333.95 BER (Text) | 30229101248366 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
