[Coral-List] new book out

[Douglas Fenner]

There is a new book out entitled "Coral Reefs, a natural history," by
Charles Sheppard.  A very nice book indeed.  Richly illustrated, each pair
of pages has an average of 3 color photos, the photos are all professional
grade.

  There are six main topics:
The coral animal
Different kinds of reefs
How a coral reef works
Local and regional disturbances to reef
Climate change and reefs
People and reefs

Within each main topic there are many subtopics, one for each pair of
pages.  The topics were clearly chosen for importance for reefs and
interest, the reader will be very familiar with reefs and understand much
about them by the time they finish reading the book.  240 pages (so about
120 subtopics, that's a lot of subtopics).
     The text is easy to read, but not simplistic.  Even people
knowledgeable about reefs are likely to learn things.  With this expert
author, you can rest assured the information is correct.  There is a
glossary, further reading list, and Index.  Handsomely bound.

Cheers, Doug

-- 
Douglas Fenner
Lynker Technologies, LLC, Contractor
NOAA Fisheries Service
Pacific Islands Regional Office
Honolulu
and:
Coral Reef Consulting
PO Box 997390
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799-6298  USA
None of the world’s major economies, including those in the G20 group, have
a sufficient plan to meet their obligations under the Paris Agreement on
climate change.

Humans are driving one million species to extinction
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01448-4

Slashing emissions by 2050 isn't enough.  We can bring down temperature now.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/climate-deadlines-super-pollutants-hfcs-methane/2021/04/15/acb8c612-9d7d-11eb-b7a8-014b14aeb9e4_story.html