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In this landmark call to action, Colin Woodard confronts one of the major environmental problems of our time: the fate of the oceans. Once thought to be limitless reservoirs constantly renewing themselves, the oceans are in fact bounded seas that lie within our power to kill – and as Woodard convincingly shows, we are killing them, through pollution, harmful fishing practices, ignorance, and global warming. A comprehensive, eyewitness view of how and why the oceans are in trouble, Woodard's book covers all the aspects of this complex subject – not just the collapse of the fisheries, but also the deaths of coral reefs, the effects of sea-level rise, and the creation (through pollution) of massive dead zones, including the entire Black Sea and much of the Gulf of Mexico. Reviews “Colin Woodward has given
us the first global view of what could well be the most important environmental
issue of the coming century. Addressing the crisis of the oceans is
not about saving the world – it’s about saving ourselves.” “A fascinating odyssey
of revelation about imperiled seas, and trenchant required reading for
any citizen of the Ocean Planet.” “This is a terrifying book
because it makes concrete what we’ve all suspected – human activity
is transforming marine flora and fauna on a catastrophic scale. Read
this book, pass it on to others and then start demanding change of our
destructive rampage against the birthplace of all life.” About the Author
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