Coral Whisperers, 3: Scientists on the Brink

In recent years, a catastrophic global bleaching event devastated many of the world's precious coral reefs. Working on the front lines of ruin, today's coral scientists are struggling to save these important coral reef ecosystems from the imminent threats of rapidly warming, acidifying, and polluted oceans. Coral Whisperers captures a critical moment in the history of coral reef science. Gleaning insights from over one hundred interviews with leading scientists and conservation managers, Irus Braverman documents a community caught in an existential crisis and alternating between despair and hope. In this important new book, corals emerge not only as signs and measures of environmental catastrophe, but also as catalysts for action.


Author: Irus Braverman
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 10/30/2018
Pages: 344
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9780520298859
ISBN10: 0520298853
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Life Sciences | Ecology
- Science | Environmental Science (see also Chemistry | Environmental)
- Science | History

About the Author
Irus Braverman is Professor of Law at the University of Buffalo, the State University of New York. She is the author of Planted Flags: Trees, Land, and Law in Israel/Palestine (2009), Zooland: The Institution of Captivity (2012), and Wild Life: The Institution of Nature (2015).