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.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [299]-323) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Reef futures -- What keeps a reef together -- Florida -- Sulawesi -- Bali -- Dominican Republic -- Washington, D.C. -- Australia, from afar. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Coral reefs and islands. Coral reef conservation. |
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Albright Memorial Library | 333.95 BERWALD (Text) | 50686016162344 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library | 333.95 BER (Text) | 37268003130168 | AHMFL Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Annie Halenbake Ross Library | 333.95 Ber (Text)
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In remembrance of David Glessner by Ross Library Staff
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Carbondale Public Library | 333.95 BERWALD (Text) | 50688010819432 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Emmaus Public Library | 333.95 BERW (Text) | 36446002064833 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Gettysburg Library | 333.9553 BERWALD (Text)
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Herman Stuempfle Named Endowment, 2022
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35740635832348 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
Green Free Library (Wellsboro) | 333.95 BER (Text) | 92525411 | GFWM Main Room | Available | - |
Indian Valley Public Library | 333.95 Berwald Nature (Text) | 39427103652087 | Nonfiction Room: Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Kutztown Community Library | 333.9553 BER (Text) | 33249024648176 | Non-fiction | Available | - |
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