Message in a bottle : ocean dispatches from a seabird biologist
Book |
Alfred A. Knopf Canada,
Toronto :
2023.
- 2 of 2 Copies Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
| Branch | Call Number | Location | Holdable? | Status |
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| Niagara-on-the-Lake | 6627 HOG | Adult Social Issues | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
| Welland Main | 363.73942 Hog | Adult Non-fiction | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
About
The dovekie is a stocky seabird the size of a child's heart that spends its winters on the coast of Newfoundland, thriving in one of the toughest climates on Earth. The polar bear is an apex predator, designed to persevere in the Arctic's extreme conditions. The North Atlantic right whale outweighs the humpback by more than twenty tons and feeds on enormous quantities of tiny plankton in northeastern waters before migrating south for the winter. In Message in a Bottle, wildlife biologist and writer Holly Hogan brings to extraordinary life the wonder and resilience of these creatures and many other birds, fish and marine mammals she has encountered in sea voyages from the Arctic to the Antarctic oceans. However, in her travels she has noticed a troubling pattern: the constant presence of plastic, in the form of adrift fishing gear ("ghost gear"), garbage and micro-plastics which form an invisible but pervasive smog in our oceans and threaten even the most seemingly resilient forms of sea life. Bringing together nature, science and adventure writing, Hogan shines a light on our plastic-addicted lifestyle and offers a compelling, eyewitness account of its devastating effects on the marine environment--70% of our planet. With lyrical prose and a reverential eye for the majesty and fragility of our natural world, Message in a Bottle is a clarion call to protect global oceans and the life they sustain, including our own.
Details
- ISBN: 9780385696265
- Physical Description: xix, 283 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cmprint
- Publisher: Toronto : Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2023.
- Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.