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Wondrous Stories of Coral Reefs

Wondrous Stories of Coral Reefs

Paperback

Environmental StudiesMarine Life

Currently unavailable to order

ISBN13: 9798235777927
Publisher: A2s
Pages: 80
Weight: 0.19
Height: 0.19 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English

This book sort of pulls you into the fascinating world of coral reefs, some of the most colorful productive and important ecosystems on Earth. You can find them in oceans around the planet, and they help shelter countless marine species like fish turtles sharks dolphins and many other kinds of life. The story moves through famous and not so famous places too, like the Great Barrier Reef, Belize Barrier Reef, Raja Ampat, Tubbataha Reefs, Fiji reefs, and the Red Sea reefs. Each chapter covers where they are, how big they are, how they form, what wildlife you might see, and why they matter ecologically in plain language. It also touches on how coral reefs back fishing tourism, and coastal communities, and local economies. Then it gets into the big problems too, climate change, pollution, and reef destruction, while also showing what conservation actions are being carried out around the world. Written for students, families, teachers and nature lovers, it urges readers to notice, learn, and care for these valuable underwater environments, so future generations can still enjoy them.

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