Smithsonian ocean : our water, our world

Summary: The author of Great Waters: An Atlantic Passage identifies a living partnership between the earth and its life, explaining the comparatively new responsibility of human beings in protecting the sea in order to safeguard climate and environmental interests.

Record details

ISBN: 0061343838 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780061343834 (alk. paper)
Physical Description: 295 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 29 cm.
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Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Smithsonian Books in association with HarperCollins, 2008.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [280]-290) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

BEGINNINGS. Eden in the depths -- First land, first sea -- TOUCHED BY THE SEA. Building the basin -- Breathing -- Circle of water -- Explosion of life -- A green sea -- Arrival of fishes -- Climate from the sea -- Mass extinction -- The Anthropocene -- TOUCHING THE SEA. The long migration -- Edge of continents -- Rhythms on a reef -- Far ends of the earth -- Where rivers meet the sea -- Our water, our world -- Timeline.