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Smithsonian Ocean

Smithsonian Ocean

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作者: Deborah Cramer （黛博拉·克拉默）著

出版社: HarperCollins US

出版时间: 2008-10

ISBN: 9780061343834

定价: 341.50

装帧: 精装

开本: 其他

纸张: 其他

页数: 396页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>自然科学

NobelPrizewinnerAlGorewroteofDeborahCramer'spreviousbookGreatWaters,"Iurgeeveryonetoreadthisbook,toactonitsmessage,andtopassonitsteachings."

NowCrameroffersagroundbreakingbookforanevenmoreurgenttime.

Ourlivesdependonthesea.AsgiftedsciencewriterDeborahCramermakesclearinthisextraordinaryvolume,theoceanhasbeenearth'slifelineformorethanthreeandahalfbillionyears.Lifebeganinthescaldinginfernoofdeep-seahotsprings.Thefirstcell,thefirstplant,andthefirstanimalwereallborninthesea.Climatechangeswroughtbytheseacreatedevolutionarypathwaysformammalsandgaverisetoourhumanancestorssome200,000yearsago.Theone,interconnectedseastillsustainsus.Invisibleplantsintheocean'ssunlitsurfacegiveusairtobreathe.Rushingcurrentssupplywatertotheatmosphere'sprotectivegreenhouseandraintodryland.

ButasCramerrevealsinthissweepinglookatearth'sbiography,thevitalpartnershipbetweenearthandthelifeitnourisheshasrecentlybeendisrupted.Today,asingleterrestrialspecies,man,hasbeguntoalterthehealthoftheseaitself.Themarkofhumansontheseasisnoweverywhere—fromthefertilewatersofcontinentalshelvestotheicyreachesofthepoles,fromthedazzlingdiversityofcoralreefstotheporousedgeofestuaries.Eventheopenoceanbearscleartracesofourharmfulways.

Scientistsbelievehumanimpactmayhavealreadysparkedacatastrophiceventthatcouldchangetheseaandtheearthirrevocably:thesixthmassplanetaryextinctiononascaleunseensincethedemiseofthedinosaurs65millionyearsago.Butunliketheforcesthatcausedpreviousextinctions,humankindcanmakeachoice.Wecanchoosethemarkwewishtomakeandthelegacyweleavebehind.

WritteninthepassionatetraditionofRachelCarson,SmithsonianOceanisatonceabookforourtimeandfortheages.Carsonwrote:"Onewaytoopenyoureyesistoaskyourself:WhatifIhadneverseenthisbefore?WhatifIknewIwouldneverseeitagain?"Cramer'spowerfulandinspiringmessageisequallyawake-upcall:"Weholdearth'slife-givingwaters—andourfuture—inourhands."Ourlivesdependonthesea. DeborahCramerwritesaboutscience,nature,andtheenvironment.CurrentlyavisitingscholaratMIT'sEarthSystemInitiative,sheistheauthorofGreatWaters:AnAtlanticPassage.ShelivesinGloucester,Massachusetts.
内容简介:
NobelPrizewinnerAlGorewroteofDeborahCramer'spreviousbookGreatWaters,"Iurgeeveryonetoreadthisbook,toactonitsmessage,andtopassonitsteachings."

NowCrameroffersagroundbreakingbookforanevenmoreurgenttime.

Ourlivesdependonthesea.AsgiftedsciencewriterDeborahCramermakesclearinthisextraordinaryvolume,theoceanhasbeenearth'slifelineformorethanthreeandahalfbillionyears.Lifebeganinthescaldinginfernoofdeep-seahotsprings.Thefirstcell,thefirstplant,andthefirstanimalwereallborninthesea.Climatechangeswroughtbytheseacreatedevolutionarypathwaysformammalsandgaverisetoourhumanancestorssome200,000yearsago.Theone,interconnectedseastillsustainsus.Invisibleplantsintheocean'ssunlitsurfacegiveusairtobreathe.Rushingcurrentssupplywatertotheatmosphere'sprotectivegreenhouseandraintodryland.

ButasCramerrevealsinthissweepinglookatearth'sbiography,thevitalpartnershipbetweenearthandthelifeitnourisheshasrecentlybeendisrupted.Today,asingleterrestrialspecies,man,hasbeguntoalterthehealthoftheseaitself.Themarkofhumansontheseasisnoweverywhere—fromthefertilewatersofcontinentalshelvestotheicyreachesofthepoles,fromthedazzlingdiversityofcoralreefstotheporousedgeofestuaries.Eventheopenoceanbearscleartracesofourharmfulways.

Scientistsbelievehumanimpactmayhavealreadysparkedacatastrophiceventthatcouldchangetheseaandtheearthirrevocably:thesixthmassplanetaryextinctiononascaleunseensincethedemiseofthedinosaurs65millionyearsago.Butunliketheforcesthatcausedpreviousextinctions,humankindcanmakeachoice.Wecanchoosethemarkwewishtomakeandthelegacyweleavebehind.

WritteninthepassionatetraditionofRachelCarson,SmithsonianOceanisatonceabookforourtimeandfortheages.Carsonwrote:"Onewaytoopenyoureyesistoaskyourself:WhatifIhadneverseenthisbefore?WhatifIknewIwouldneverseeitagain?"Cramer'spowerfulandinspiringmessageisequallyawake-upcall:"Weholdearth'slife-givingwaters—andourfuture—inourhands."Ourlivesdependonthesea.
作者简介:
DeborahCramerwritesaboutscience,nature,andtheenvironment.CurrentlyavisitingscholaratMIT'sEarthSystemInitiative,sheistheauthorofGreatWaters:AnAtlanticPassage.ShelivesinGloucester,Massachusetts.

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