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The ocean of life : how our seas are changing / Callum Roberts.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
551.46 ROBE	Adult Non Fiction		Campsie .	. Available .

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ISBN	9781846143946 (hbk.)
ISBN	1846143942 (hbk.)
Name	Roberts, Callum
Title	The ocean of life : how our seas are changing / Callum Roberts.
Published	London : Allen Lane, 2012.
Description	ix, 389 p., [24] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary	The oceans are now under unprecedented threat. Not only does Roberts show how we are fishing our oceans to extinction, crucially, he explains how this directly affects our lives on land. Ninety five percent of habitable space on earth lies in the oceans, and marine plants produce half the world.s oxygen; the oceans themselves absorb vast quantities of carbon dioxide. The life they support is now in the balance.
Subjects	Ocean
Subjects	Oceanography
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Ocean . Oceanography . See Also: Earth . Oceanography . Earth sciences . Geology . Geophysics . Hydrology . Marine pollution . Marine resources . Ocean . Physical geography . Sea ice . Sea level . Authors: Roberts, Callum .