There is now better scientific understanding of the threats faced by the ecosystem. The book describes the main changes in coral reefs, islands and marine wildlife that resulted from those impacts.nbsp In more recent decades, human impacts on the Great Barrier Reef have spread, accelerated and intensified, with implications for current management and conservation practices. This book provides an original account of the environmental history of the Great Barrier Reef, based on extensive archival and oral history research.nbsp It documents and explains the main human impacts on the Great Barrier Reef since European settlement in the region, focusing particularly on the century from 1860 to 1960 which has not previously been fully documented, yet which was a period of unprecedented exploitation of the ecosystem and its resources. Designated a World Heritage Area, it has been subject to increasing pressures from tourism, fishing, pollution and climate change, and is now protected as a marine park. The Great Barrier Reef by Ben Daley The Great Barrier Reef is located along the coast of Queensland in north-east Australia and is the world's largest coral reef ecosystem. She contemplates the inevitable grief of climate change and the beauty of small victories.
As she also attempts to help her daughter in her struggle with mental illness, Berwald explores what it means to keep fighting a battle whose outcome is uncertain. Life on the Rocks is an inspiring, lucid, meditative ode to the reefs and the undaunted scientists working to save them against almost impossible odds. She was so amazed by the ingenuity of these last-ditch efforts that she joined in rescue missions, unexpected partnerships, and risky experiments, and helped rebuild reefs with rebar and zip ties. She met scientists and activists operating in emergency mode, doing everything they can think of to prevent coral reefs from disappearing forever.
Alarmed by their peril, she traveled the world to discover how to prevent their loss. Juli Berwald fell in love with coral reefs as a marine biology student, entranced by their beauty and complexity. But corals across the planet are in the middle of an unprecedented die-off, beset by warming oceans, pollution, damage by humans, and a devastating pandemic. Corals themselves are evolutionary marvels that build elaborate limestone formations from their collective skeletons, broker symbiotic relationships with algae, and manufacture their own fluorescent sunblock. They sustain bountiful ecosystems and protect vulnerable coasts. When they're thriving, these fairy gardens hidden beneath the ocean's surface burst with color and life.
Life on the Rocks by Juli Berwald The story of the urgent fight to save coral reefs, and why it matters to us all Coral reefs are a microcosm of our planet: extraordinarily diverse, deeply interconnected, and full of wonders.
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