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Book Synopsis Where Is the Great Barrier Reef? by : Nico Medina
Download or read book Where Is the Great Barrier Reef? written by Nico Medina and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this Where Is? title, kids can explore the Great Barrier Reef—big enough to be seen from space but made up of billions of tiny living organisms. The Great Barrier Reef, off the coast of Australia, is the world's largest coral reef system. Stretching more than 1,400 miles, it provides a home to a wide diversity of creatures. Designated a World Heritage Site, the reef is suffering from the effects of climate change but this fascinating book shows this spectacular part of our planet.
Book Synopsis The Great Barrier Reef by : Rebecca Kraft Rector
Download or read book The Great Barrier Reef written by Rebecca Kraft Rector and published by North Star Editions, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the past, present, and future of the Great Barrier Reef. Beautiful photos, fact-filled text, and engaging infographics help readers learn all about this natural wonder and how to protect it long into the future.
Book Synopsis The Great Barrier Reef by : Dr. Helen Scales
Download or read book The Great Barrier Reef written by Dr. Helen Scales and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vibrant guide to the Great Barrier Reef full of surpising factoids and retro illustrations, perfect for children curious about life under the sea! "A very good book for beefing up the coral reef section, or for niche projects on climate change." —School Library Journal Did you know that giant clams can weigh as much as two baby elephants? Or that the shockwave of a pistol shrimp can heat up the surrounding waters to a temperature nearly as hot as the surface of the sun? With nearly 400,000 square kilometers of dazzling color, intricate ecosystems and unique creatures large and small, The Great Barrier Reef is one of the great natural wonders of our world. Vibrant, dynamic illustrations illuminate this enchanting place, its animal inhabitants, and the peoples who have embraced it as a centerpiece of their cultures. Learn all about how the reef came to be, its place in the world, and perhaps most importantly, what we can all do to help ensure that The Great Barrier Reef will be around for countless future generations to discover!
Book Synopsis Saving the Great Barrier Reef by : Justin Healy
Download or read book Saving the Great Barrier Reef written by Justin Healy and published by . This book was released on 2018-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the largest coral reef system on the globe and home to 1,500 species of fish and other diverse marine life, Australia's Great Barrier reef is unquestionably one of the great wonders of the natural world. Unfortunately, it is also in grave danger of dying. Recent annual back-to-back coral bleaching events have drastically accelerated the already existing damage to the Great Barrier Reef and its rich biodiversity. The reef is under threat from numerous other pressures, both natural and man-made. These threats include over-fishing, coastal development, agriculture, mining, tourism, and the ravaging ecological impacts of climate change. How is Australia sustainably managing the reef and the land-based and sea life it supports? What conservation threats are being effectively addressed, before it is too late to save the Great Barrier Reef?
Download or read book A Reef in Time written by J.E.N. Veron and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2010-03-30 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like many coral specialists fifteen years ago, J. E. N. Veron thought Australia's Great Barrier Reef was impervious to climate change. "Owned by a prosperous country and accorded the protection it deserves, it would surely not go the way of the Amazon rain forest or the parklands of Africa, but would endure forever. That is what I thought once, but I think it no longer." This book is Veron's Silent Spring for the world's coral reefs. Veron presents the geological history of the reef, the biology of coral reef ecosystems, and a primer on what we know about climate change. He concludes that the Great Barrier Reef and, indeed, most coral reefs will be dead from mass bleaching and irreversible acidification within the coming century unless greenhouse gas emissions are curbed. If we don't have the political will to confront the plight of the world's reefs, he argues, current processes already in motion will become unstoppable, bringing on a mass extinction the world has not seen for 65 million years. Our species has cracked its own genetic code and sent representatives of its kind to the moon--we can certainly save the world's reefs if we want to. But to achieve this goal, we must devote scientific expertise and political muscle to the development of green technologies that will dramatically reduce greenhouse emissions and reverse acidification of the oceans.
Book Synopsis The Geomorphology of the Great Barrier Reef by : David Hopley
Download or read book The Geomorphology of the Great Barrier Reef written by David Hopley and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-05-17 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A valuable reference for academic researchers and graduate students in geomorphology and oceanography, this 2007 book reviews the history of geomorphological studies of the Great Barrier Reef and assesses the influences of sea-level change and oceanographic processes on the development of reefs over the last 10,000 years.
Book Synopsis The Great Barrier Thief by : Sue Pillans
Download or read book The Great Barrier Thief written by Sue Pillans and published by . This book was released on 2022-02-02 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This story illustrates the impacts of climate change on our Great Barrier Reef. It is told through the eyes of a feisty fish called Anthia who starts to see the disappearing colours of the reef as a warning sign that the reef is in trouble
Book Synopsis Great Barrier Reef, Australia by : Peter Lik
Download or read book Great Barrier Reef, Australia written by Peter Lik and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea, Revised and Expanded Edition by : John E. Randall
Download or read book Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea, Revised and Expanded Edition written by John E. Randall and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1998-03-01 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a long-overdue revision and expansion of what has become a classic book in marine literature. This lavishly illustrated volume provides exhaustive coverage of more than 90 percent of the region's reef fishes. Every species is thoroughly illustrated, including photographs of the juvenile, female and male in species that vary in appearance during their development. Besides the wide array of underwater and diagnostic laboratory photographs, the book also contains seven plates painted by the talented natural-history artist Roger Swainston. With an additional 32 pages and 90 photos (covering 60 new species in all), this revised and expanded edition will enable even a beginning layman to identify most of the region's reef fishes. Divers, anglers, underwater naturalists and professional biologists are equally catered to.
Book Synopsis Animals of the Great Barrier Reef by : Martha E. H. Rustad
Download or read book Animals of the Great Barrier Reef written by Martha E. H. Rustad and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2021-08 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biomes are home to unique animals and plants. Introduce beginning readers to the Great Barrier Reef! Readers will get an up-close look at the characteristics of the reef and how corals, fish, anemones, rays, birds, and other animals have adapted to life in and around this amazing biome.
Book Synopsis The Great Barrier Reef by : Ben Daley
Download or read book The Great Barrier Reef written by Ben Daley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-17 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Barrier Reef is located along the coast of Queensland in north-east Australia and is the world's largest coral reef ecosystem. Designated a World Heritage Area, it has been subject to increasing pressures from tourism, fishing, pollution and climate change, and is now protected as a marine park. This book provides an original account of the environmental history of the Great Barrier Reef, based on extensive archival and oral history research. It documents and explains the main human impacts on the Great Barrier Reef since European settlement in the region, focusing particularly on the century from 1860 to 1960 which has not previously been fully documented, yet which was a period of unprecedented exploitation of the ecosystem and its resources. The book describes the main changes in coral reefs, islands and marine wildlife that resulted from those impacts. In more recent decades, human impacts on the Great Barrier Reef have spread, accelerated and intensified, with implications for current management and conservation practices. There is now better scientific understanding of the threats faced by the ecosystem. Yet these modern challenges occur against a background of historical levels of exploitation that is little-known, and that has reduced the ecosystem's resilience. The author provides a compelling narrative of how one of the world's most iconic and vulnerable ecosystems has been exploited and degraded, but also how some early conservation practices emerged.
Book Synopsis Great Barrier Reef Coloring Book by : Ruth Soffer
Download or read book Great Barrier Reef Coloring Book written by Ruth Soffer and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2007-06-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a variety of life rivaled only by a tropical rain forest, Australia's Barrier Reef is the sea's grandest jewel. This collection offers incredible illustrations of a tiger shark, spotfin lionfish, crown-of-thorns starfish, bluespine unicornfish, scribbled angelfish, and 25 more.
Book Synopsis The Great Barrier Reef of Australia; Its Products and Potentialities by : W. Saville D. Kent
Download or read book The Great Barrier Reef of Australia; Its Products and Potentialities written by W. Saville D. Kent and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Book Synopsis Great Barrier Reef by : Martha London
Download or read book Great Barrier Reef written by Martha London and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2020-12-15 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fish, turtles, and many other creatures make their home among a huge coral reef off the coast of Australia. Great Barrier Reef looks at when and how this reef formed and what the future looks like for the massive ecosystem. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject. Features include a table of contents, infographics, a glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Kids Core is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Book Synopsis Great Barrier Reef by : Cynthia Kennedy Henzel
Download or read book Great Barrier Reef written by Cynthia Kennedy Henzel and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2011 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces the Great Barrier Reef, describes how it was formed, and discusses the plants and animals found there.
Book Synopsis The Great Barrier Reef by : Pat Hutchings
Download or read book The Great Barrier Reef written by Pat Hutchings and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2008-11-07 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park is 344 400 square kilometres in size and is home to one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world. This comprehensive guide describes the organisms and ecosystems of the Great Barrier Reef, as well as the biological, chemical and physical processes that influence them. Contemporary pressing issues such as climate change, coral bleaching, coral disease and the challenges of coral reef fisheries are also discussed. In addition,the book includes a field guide that will help people to identify the common animals and plants on the reef, then to delve into the book to learn more about the roles the biota play. Beautifully illustrated and with contributions from 33 international experts, The Great Barrier Reef is a must-read for the interested reef tourist, student, researcher and environmental manager. While it has an Australian focus, it can equally be used as a baseline text for most Indo-Pacific coral reefs. Winner of a Whitley Certificate of Commendation for 2009.
Book Synopsis The Great Barrier Reef by : David Russell Lawrence
Download or read book The Great Barrier Reef written by David Russell Lawrence and published by Melbourne University. This book was released on 2002 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Overview of the history and management of the world's largest marine park and first marine-based World Heritage area, the Great Barrier Reef. Traces the park's history from its inception during the environmental activism of the 60s and 70s, through its recognition as a World Heritage site, to the current operations of the Marine Park Authority. Includes discussion of the past and current issues that affect the area such as development, fishing, native title, water quality and the explosion in tourism. Includes colour photos, references and index. Lawrence is an anthropologist who has managed environmental projects with the Marine Park authority. Kenchington, who is a marine scientist, and Woodley, a geographer, were part of the team that established the current GBRMP zoning and management plan.
