Coral reefs : majestic realms under the sea / / Peter F. Sale

• Autore: Sale Peter F.
• Pubblicazione: New Haven, Connecticut : , : Yale University Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 269 pages) : illustrations, maps
• Disciplina: 577.789
• Soggetto topico: Coral reef ecology; Coral reef conservation; Coral bleaching; Climatic changes
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Coral reefs
• ISBN: 0-300-25869-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910554261703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II