Oceans

Cover art for FLOTSAMETRICS AND THE FLOATING WORLD

NONFICTION

Released: April 1, 2009

FLOTSAMETRICS AND THE FLOATING WORLD: HOW ONE MAN’S OBSESSION WITH RUNAWAY SNEAKERS AND RUBBER DUCKS REVOLUTIONIZED OCEAN SCIENCE

by Curtis Ebbesmeyer, Eric Scigliano

"A captivating account of the man who turned beachcombing into a science."

Lively as-told-to autobiography of a scientist who studied flotsam--floating trash--and revolutionized the study of the world's oceans. Read full book review >

NONFICTION

Released: July 9, 2010

DEEP BLUE HOME: AN INTIMATE ECOLOGY OF OUR WILD OCEAN

by Julia Whitty

"A lovely, soft-spoken book about the "joy, inspiration, wonder, laughter, ideas" that come from relating to Earth's "nonhuman world.""

Mother Jones correspondent Whitty (The Fragile Edge: Diving and Other Adventures in the South Pacific, 2007, etc.) looks at the life of the oceans and the sea creatures she has observed over the past 30 years. Read full book review >

NONFICTION

Released: July 5, 2011

DOLPHIN DIARIES: MY TWENTY-FIVE YEARS WITH SPOTTED DOLPHINS IN THE BAHAMAS

by Denise L. Herzing

"Solid, fascinating spadework."

A cetologist chronicles her 25 field-season summers studying generations of Atlantic spotted dolphins. Read full book review >

NONFICTION

Released: Sept. 1, 2011

OUR DYING PLANET: AN ECOLOGIST'S VIEW OF THE CRISIS WE FACE

by Peter F. Sale

"Sale provides much food for thought in this provocative look at a hotly debated subject."

A marine biologist warns that at "our ecological bank account is in overdraft." Read full book review >

NONFICTION

Released: Nov. 1, 2011

PLASTIC OCEAN: HOW A SEA CAPTAIN'S CHANCE DISCOVERY LAUNCHED A DETERMINED QUEST TO SAVE THE OCEANS

by Charles Moore, Cassandra Phillips

"Fast-paced and electrifying, Moore's story is "gonzo science" at its best."

Firsthand account of how plastics pervade our oceans in unimaginable ways, killing marine life and causing wide-ranging environmental and health effects. Read full book review >

NONFICTION

Released: April 19, 2012

GARBOLOGY: OUR DIRTY LOVE AFFAIR WITH TRASH

by Edward Humes

"An important addition to the environmentalist bookshelf."

Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Humes (Force of Nature: The Unlikely Story of Wal-Mart's Green Revolution, 2011, etc.) examines how wastefulness is built into the American way of life. Read full book review >

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