The Ocean of Life: The Fate of Man and the Sea - Callum Roberts (paperback)

From the jacket: “In this powerful and ambitious book a pathbreaking marine conservation biologist tells the story of man and the sea, from the earliest traces of water on earth to the oceans as we know them today. A natural storyteller with a gift for explaining complex science, Callum Roberts pulls together the disparate strands of ocean science to reveal the enormous transformation unfolding beneath the waves. The sea feeds and sustains us, but a cocktail of accelerating human stresses is putting its future under catastrophic threat. Roberts offers a devastating account of the impact of modern fishing techniques, agricultural pollution, and climate change, and reveals what must be done to change course– not just to preserve marine life, but to protect the planet for our children.”
This title is required reading for students studying marine biology at College of the Atlantic. It provides an excellent foundation for anyone wishing to understand the world’s oceans and its perils. 405 pages.