The World Is Blue by Sylvia A Earle
Through compelling personal stories Sylvia Earle puts the current and future peril of the ocean and the life it supports in perspective for a wide public audience.
“In her new book, ‘The World Is Blue: How Our Fate and the Ocean’s Are One,” Earle explains how close we are to a tipping point” –Bloomberg.com
Known worldwide as the Ambassador for the Ocean, Sylvia Earle is also TIME magazine's first Hero for the Planet and National Geographic's first Explorer in Residence. She is former NOAA Chief Scientist, and the first person to walk untethered at the lowest depth ever--1, 250 feet. She is a major force in the establishment and growth of the world's marine sanctuaries and was personally responsible for convincing President Bush that the recently named sanctuary in Hawaii should be protected. She is founder and director of Deep Ocean Research and Exploration, which designs instruments for deep-sea exploration. She is author of 15 books on the ocean.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781426206399 |
| ISBN 10 | 1426206399 |
| Title | The World Is Blue |
| Author | Sylvia A Earle |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | National Geographic Society |
| Year published | 2010-10-12 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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