Song for the Blue Ocean: Encounters Along the World's Coasts and Beneath the Seas

Carl Safina

The oceans of the world rank foremost among humankind's last great frontiers, and their climatological and ecological workings remain mysterious to all but specialists. In this lively, well-written survey, marine scientist Carl Safina encourages readers to take a wider interest in the oceans, especially because so much of that great blue expanse is now threatened by human progress. 458 pp. 1997.