Sea Change: A Message of the Oceans

by Sylvia Earle

Overview

Equal parts memoir, adventure tale, and call to action, Sea Change: A Message of the Oceans has become a classic of environmental literature, at once the gripping adventure story of Earle’s three decades of undersea exploration, an insider’s introduction to the dynamic field of marine biology, and an urgent plea for the preservation of the world’s deteriorating ocean ecosystems.

Featuring a gallery of color photographs and a new preface by Earle, this edition of Sea Change arrives at a uniquely pivotal time when its message is needed more than ever before. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781648432729
Publisher:	Texas A&M University Press
Publication date:	06/25/2024
Pages:	360
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

SYLVIA A. EARLE, former chief scientist of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is a renowned marine biologist and the current chair of the advisory council of the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies at Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. She has been a National Geographic Society Explorer in Residence since 1998 and is the recipient of countless awards and honors, including being named a Library of Congress Living Legend, a United Nations Champion of the Earth, and Time magazine’s first Hero for the Planet. Earle is the author of more than a dozen books, including Blue Hope: Exploring and Caring for Earth’s Magnificent Ocean, and was the subject of the 2014 documentary film Mission Blue.

Table of Contents

Preface to the New Edition ix

Acknowledgments xix

Introduction xxi

Part I Sea of Eden

1 Deep Time 3

2 Exploring the Sea 12

3 Onward and Downward 31

4 Blue Infinity 57

5 Diving with the Experts 76

6 To the Edge of Darkness 90

7 The Twilight Zone 101

8 Our Business Is Going Under 114

9 Ocean Everest 132

Part II Paradise Lost

10 No Free Lunch 155

11 Critter Crisis 184

12 Poisoning the Sea 210

13 Beyond Flotsam and Jetsam 228

14 Troubled Waters 243

15 A Terrible Experiment 254

Part III Sea Change

16 Ocean Care 275

17 Second Chance for Paradise 297

Appendix 309

Selected References 325

Index 335