Title Coral whisperers : scientists on the brink / Irus Braverman

Published Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018] ©2018

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Description 1 online resource Series Critical environments : nature, science, and politics ; 3 Critical environments (Oakland, Calif.) ; 3. Contents Introduction : coral whisperers -- Corals in the Anthropocene : an interview with Peter Sale -- Coral scientists between hope and despair -- Prophet of doom : an interview with Ove Hoegh-Guldberg -- Bleached! placing death on record -- The pristine is gone : coral reefs present and past : an interview with Jeremy Jackson -- Nursing corals back to life : fragments of hope -- Building bridges and trees in Florida's coral nurseries : an interview with Ken Nedimyer -- Coral law under threat -- Into the deep : the Cinderella of corals : an interview with J. Murray Roberts -- The coral holobiont : hope and the genomic turn -- A super coral scientist : an interview with Ruth Gates -- Conclusion : coral scientists : an emotional race against time -- List of interviews Summary "In recent years, a catastrophic global bleaching event devastated many of the world's precious coral reefs. Working on the front lines of ruin, today's coral scientists are struggling to save these important coral-reef ecosystems from the imminent threats of rapidly warming, acidifying, and polluted oceans. Coral Whisperers captures a critical moment in the history of coral-reef science. Based on over one hundred interviews with leading scientists and conservation managers, Irus Braverman documents a community caught in an existential crisis and alternating between despair and hope. In this important new book, corals emerge as signs and measures, but also as a way out of the projected collapse of life on earth"--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 24, 2018) Subject Marine scientists -- Interviews Coral reef management. Coral bleaching -- 21st century NATURE -- Ecology. NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Wilderness. SCIENCE -- Environmental Science. SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology. Coral bleaching Coral reef management Marine scientists Genre/Form interviews. Interviews Interviews. Interviews. Form Electronic book LC no. 2018013586 ISBN 9780520970830 0520970837

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