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100	1		_aRoberts, Callum. _9807
245	1	4	_aThe ocean of life : _bthe fate of man and the sea / _cCallum Roberts.
260			_aNew York : _bViking, _c2012.
300			_ax, 405 p., [16] p. of plates : _bill. ; _e24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_apt. 1. Changing seas. Four and a half billion years ; Food from the sea ; Fewer fish in the sea ; Winds and currents ; Life on the move ; Rising tides ; Corrosive seas ; Dead zones and the world's great rivers ; Unwholesome waters ; The age of plastic ; The not so silent world ; Aliens, invaders, and the homogenization of life ; Pestilence and plague ; Mare incognitum ; Ecosystems at your service -- pt. 2. Changing course. Farming the sea ; The great cleanup ; Can we cool our warming world? ; A new deal for the oceans ; Life renewed ; Saving the giants of the sea ; Preparing for the worst ; Epilogue : the sea ahead -- Appendix 1. Seafood with a clear conscience -- Appendix 2. Conservation charities working to protect ocean life.
520			_aPutting our exploitation of the seas into historical context, Roberts offers a devastating account of the impact of modern fishing techniques, pollution, and climate change, and reveals what it would take to steer the right course while there is still time.
650		0	_aOcean and civilization. _9808
650		0	_aOcean _9809
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