LEADER 02947nam 2200529 450 001 9910554261703321 005 20220523234932.0 010 $a0-300-25869-0 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300258691 035 $a(CKB)4100000011917306 035 $a(DE-B1597)583162 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300258691 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6577582 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6577582 035 $a(OCoLC)1249949024 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011917306 100 $a20211206d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCoral reefs $emajestic realms under the sea /$fPeter F. Sale 210 1$aNew Haven, Connecticut :$cYale University Press,$d[2021] 210 4$dİ2021 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 269 pages) $cillustrations, maps 311 1 $a0-300-25383-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tPreface --$tBeginnings --$tSerendipity in Deep Time --$tEver Wonderful, Always Different --$tSo Many Ways of Being --$tExuberant Richness --$tWonderful Surprises : How Do Coral Reef Communities Assemble? --$tHow Nemo Found His Way Home --$tWondrous Reef Chemistry --$tWhat Good Is a Coral Reef? --$tWhy Don?t We Seem to Care about Coral Reefs? --$tWe?ve Left the Holocene --$tCoral Reefs in the Anthropocene. 330 $aAn 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. 606 $aCoral reef ecology 606 $aCoral reef conservation 606 $aCoral bleaching 606 $aClimatic changes 615 0$aCoral reef ecology. 615 0$aCoral reef conservation. 615 0$aCoral bleaching. 615 0$aClimatic changes. 676 $a577.789 700 $aSale$b Peter F.$0728639 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910554261703321 996 $aCoral reefs$92820039 997 $aUNINA