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A Global Atlas of Atolls
Author | : Walter M. Goldberg,Eugene C. Rankey |
Publsiher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 784 |
Release | : 2023-08-29 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9781000902877 |
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Scattered like dots rising from the deep across vast expanses of the world’s tropical and subtropical oceans, atolls with their turquoise lagoons and reefs teeming with colorful marine life have captured the public imagination. They have also been the homeland of millions of people for millennia as various groups of migrants spread across the far reaches if the Pacific, Indian and Western Atlantic regions. Developed from recently available satellite data, A Global Atlas of Atolls presents high-quality details of 476 atolls across the globe, characterizing aspects of the atoll rim, the lagoon, and their coral reef communities in unprecedented detail. In synthesizing and enhancing understanding of these unique seascapes, this volume provides a distinct compendium of descriptions and images, as well as documentation of the environmental conditions of winds, waves, and tides and a summary of the background literature for each atoll area. There is no comparable work. After an introduction that includes a glossary of terms, each atoll is documented in the form of an atlas written for scientists, but accessible to any diver or reader interested in these spectacular reef-island habitats. This book also describes some current challenges and perspectives on their future. It will be useful as a reference work for marine scientists, while providing a minimum of technical jargon for those who are not scientists, but who enjoy reading about exotic places with unusual attributes.
World Atlas of Coral Reefs
Author | : Mark Spalding,Corinna Ravilious,Edmund Peter Green |
Publsiher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 442 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0520232550 |
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An up-to-date, detailed, and fully-illustrated account of the biodiversity and status of coral reefs.
World Atlas of Coral Reefs
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : OCLC:809930641 |
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Global Atlas of Marine Fisheries
Author | : Daniel Pauly,Dirk Zeller |
Publsiher | : Island Press |
Total Pages | : 519 |
Release | : 2016-10-06 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9781610917698 |
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The Global Atlas of Marine Fisheries is the first and only book to provide accurate, country-by-country fishery catch data. This groundbreaking information has been gathered from independent sources by the world's foremost fisheries experts. Edited by Daniel Pauly and Dirk Zeller of the Sea Around Us Project, the Atlas includes one-page reports on 273 countries and their territories, plus fourteen topical global chapters. Each national report describes the current state of the country's fishery; the policies, politics, and social factors affecting it; and potential solutions. The global chapters address cross-cutting issues, from the economics of fisheries to the impacts of mariculture. Extensive maps and graphics offer attractive and accessible visual representations.
Sea Change
Author | : Christina Gerhardt |
Publsiher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2023-05-23 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780520973213 |
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"A stunning atlas of the present and future."—Rebecca Solnit, author of several books including Infinite Cities: A Trilogy of Atlases—San Francisco, New Orleans, New York "An impassioned plea to save what remains of these remarkable island communities."—Booklist, starred review One of the Best Science Books of 2023, New Scientist This immersive portal to islands around the world highlights the impacts of sea level rise and shimmers with hopeful solutions to combat it. Atlases are being redrawn as islands are disappearing. What does an island see when the sea rises? Sea Change: An Atlas of Islands in a Rising Ocean weaves together essays, maps, art, and poetry to show us—and make us see—island nations in a warming world. Low-lying islands are least responsible for global warming, but they are suffering the brunt of it. This transportive atlas reorients our vantage point to place islands at the center of the story, highlighting Indigenous and Black voices and the work of communities taking action for local and global climate justice. At once serious and playful, well-researched and lavishly designed, Sea Change is a stunning exploration of the climate and our world's coastlines. Full of immersive storytelling, scientific expertise, and rallying cries from island populations that shout with hope—"We are not drowning! We are fighting!"—this atlas will galvanize readers in the fight against climate change and the choices we all face.
Atlas of the Pacific Islands
Author | : Max Quanchi |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Atlases |
ISBN | : UCSD:31822031927551 |
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- Up-to-date and accurate full-color maps for every Pacific nation and territory and base maps on Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Americas - High-quality color photographs and graphic data displays covering agriculture, climate, fishing, independence movements, indigenous peoples, land use and conservation, mining, ocean currents, population distribution, topography, tourism, and urbanization - Tables of Pacific and world statistics that include capital cities, areas, time zones, populations, life expectancies, primary students per teacher, persons per doctor, and literacy rates - High-interest case studies - Clear guides to using the atlas effectively - A gazetteer and a glossary
Global Climate Change and the Pacific Islands
Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : PSU:000019985534 |
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Atolls of the Maldives
Author | : Stefano Malatesta,Marcella Schmidt di Friedberg,Shahida Zubair,David Bowen |
Publsiher | : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
Total Pages | : 245 |
Release | : 2021-02-25 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781786606624 |
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Beyond the tropical paradise and beyond the fear of climate change effects, the Maldives is a fascinating island country that faces social, cultural, economic and environmental transformations. Atolls of the Maldives: Nissology and Geography provides a spatial analysis on some key challenges the Maldivian society has to deal with, and guides the reader in the discovery of the human and environmental geography of this Indian Ocean archipelago. Geographers, political scientists, sociologists, geologists, biologists and experts in environmental policies help the audience to move through the complex systems of interrelations, connections and disconnections that shape the environment and the geography of this extraordinary archipelagic country.