In hot water
Hardisty, Paul E.2024
Book
In the ongoing climate wars, the Great Barrier Reef has become a symbol of everything that we have to lose from global warming. For years, reports of the world-famous coral being irreversibly bleached have fuelled an ideological battle between those fighting to stop the damage and those who insist the danger is overblown. Paul Hardisty found himself in the middle of this fight during his six years as CEO of the Australian Institute of Marine Science. In this fascinating, candid and urgent book, he dives into the history of the reef and cuts through the rhetoric to chart the circumstances and acceleration of its decline, as well as the determined efforts to save it. In Hot Water is a crucial look inside the battle to save one of Australia's greatest treasures, describing what must be done to preserve it, and what is at risk if we fail to do so.
Main title:
In hot water / Dr Paul E Hardisty.
Author:
Hardisty, Paul E., author
Work:
Imprint:
Bunurong/Boon Wurrung Country ; South Melbourne, VIC : Affirm Press, 2024.©2024
Collation:
276 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781923022386 (paperback)
Dewey class:
577.78909943
Language:
English
Subject:
Coral reef ecology -- Queensland -- Great Barrier ReefCoral reef conservation -- Queensland -- Great Barrier ReefMarine habitat conservation -- AustraliaMarine resources -- Australia -- ManagementMarine resources conservation -- AustraliaClimatic changes -- Effect of human beings onGreat Barrier Reef (Qld.) -- Environmental conditionsGreat Barrier Reef (Qld.) -- ManagementGreat Barrier Reef (Qld.) -- History
BRN:
473249