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What The Wild Sea Can Be: The Future Of The Worlds Ocean
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No matter where we live, 'we are all ocean people,' Helen Scales observes in her bracing
yet hopeful exploration of the future of the ocean. Beginning with its fascinating deep
history, Scales links past to present to show how prehistoric ocean ecology holds lessons
for the ocean of today.In elegant, evocative prose, she takes us into the realms of animals that epitomize
current increasingly challenging conditions, from emperor penguins to sharks and orcas.
Yet despite these threats, many hopeful signs remain, in the form of highly protected
reserves, the regeneration of seagrass meadows and giant kelp forests and efforts to
protect coral reefs.Offering innovative ideas for protecting coastlines and cleaning the toxic seas, Scales
insists we need more ethical and sustainable fisheries and must prevent the other
existential threat of deep-sea mining. Inspiring us all to maintain a sense of awe and
wonder at the majesty beneath the waves, she urges us to fight for the better future that
still exists for the ocean.Reviews
"In elegant prose the author offers a manifesto of hope: providing answers to global problems while inspiring a sense of awe at the majesty that has long existed beneath the waves."
— The Times
"Authoritative and entertaining... a passionate look at how saving the seas is an essential part of saving ourselves... The author's writing is lucid and compelling, featuring a nice mix of personal experience and convincing scientific data."
— Kirkus Reviews
"In What the Wild Sea Can Be, Helen Scales has created something remarkable: a thrillingly expansive, deeply personal and often startlingly beautiful portrait of the ocean and its inhabitants that also charts a path to a better and more sustainable world. Urgent, exhilarating and marvellously researched and written, it is necessary reading for anybody who cares about the future of the planet."
— James Bradley, author of Deep Water
"Here is one of our greatest communicators whose brilliance as a scientist is matched by her sublime skill as a writer. Helen Scales paints a dazzling picture of our seas from top to bottom and all around the edges to show us why — and how — we must protect them. She is not afraid to spell out what we stand to lose if we don't change our ways, and it is terrifying... What the Wild Sea Can Be dives deep into the titanic power of the ocean's life-giving system. It is rich and fascinating, stirring and mind-expanding, and utterly essential."
— Keggie Carew, author of Beastly
- About The Author
- Dr Helen Scales is a marine biologist, acclaimed author and broadcaster who explores the wonders and plight of the oceans and the living planet. Her books, including The Brilliant Abyss and Spirals in Time, have been adapted for stage and screen, and translated into 15 languages. She writes for National Geographic Magazine and the Guardian, teaches at Cambridge University and is a storytelling ambassador for the Save Our Seas Foundation. Helen divides her time between Cambridge, England, and the wild Atlantic coast of France.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781804710531
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Grove Press UK, (03 April 2025)
- Number of Pages
- 320
- Weight
- 0.29 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 197 x 129 x 25 mm
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