02947nam 2200529 450 991055426170332120220523234932.00-300-25869-010.12987/9780300258691(CKB)4100000011917306(DE-B1597)583162(DE-B1597)9780300258691(MiAaPQ)EBC6577582(Au-PeEL)EBL6577582(OCoLC)1249949024(EXLCZ)99410000001191730620211206d2021 uy 0engur||#||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCoral reefs majestic realms under the sea /Peter F. SaleNew Haven, Connecticut :Yale University Press,[2021]©20211 online resource (xii, 269 pages) illustrations, maps0-300-25383-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface --Beginnings --Serendipity in Deep Time --Ever Wonderful, Always Different --So Many Ways of Being --Exuberant Richness --Wonderful Surprises : How Do Coral Reef Communities Assemble? --How Nemo Found His Way Home --Wondrous Reef Chemistry --What Good Is a Coral Reef? --Why Don’t We Seem to Care about Coral Reefs? --We’ve Left the Holocene --Coral Reefs in the Anthropocene.An eye-opening introduction to the complexity, wonder, and vital roles of coral reefs When mass coral bleaching and die-offs were first identified in the 1980s, and eventually linked to warming events, the scientific community was sure that such a dramatic and unambiguous signal would serve as a warning sign about the devastating effects of global warming. Instead, the resulting decades have witnessed yet more degradation. Reefs around the world have lost more than 50 percent of their living coral since the 1970s. In this book, distinguished marine ecologist Peter F. Sale imparts his passion for the unexpected beauty, complexity, and necessity of coral reefs. By placing reefs in the wider context of global climate change, Sale demonstrates how their decline is more than simply a one-off environmental tragedy, but rather an existential warning to humanity. He offers a reframing of the enormous challenge humanity faces as a noble venture to steer the planet into safe waters that might even retain some coral reefs.Coral reef ecologyCoral reef conservationCoral bleachingClimatic changesCoral reef ecology.Coral reef conservation.Coral bleaching.Climatic changes.577.789Sale Peter F.728639MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910554261703321Coral reefs2820039UNINA01119nam a22002651i 450099100235134970753620030604104446.0030925s1963 it |||||||||||||||||ita b12276698-39ule_instARCHE-032426ExLBiblioteca InterfacoltàitaA.t.i. Arché s.c.r.l. Pandora Sicilia s.r.l.937Colloquio patavino sulla Historia Augusta<1963>324442Atti del colloquio patavino sulla Historia AugustaRoma :L'Erma di Bretschneider,196379 p. ;24 cmPubblicazioni dell'Istituto di storia antica / Università degli studi di Padova ;4Historia AugustaUniversità degli Studi <Padova> :Istituto di storia antica.b1227669802-04-1408-10-03991002351349707536LE002 Con. 3912002000094742le002-E0.00-l- 00000.i1266885008-10-03Atti del colloquio patavino sulla Historia Augusta165490UNISALENTOle00208-10-03ma -itait 01