Coral Reefs and Climate Change. The Guide for Education and Awareness. 2009. col. illus. 256 p. gr8vo. Paper bd. + 1 CD-ROM.

The book focuses on coral reefs, the astonishing abundance of life within them and the impacts of climate change on this beautiful environment. There is hope for reefs but we must act now. Coral reefsare being lost more than five times faster than rainforest and it is upto us to prevent their continued degradation. The book explains the effects of climate change by using coral reefs as an example. Its aim isto inform, educate and enable people to begin to question the futurethat we are creating right now. It combines some of the latest scientific research with informative imagery to cover topics such asoceanography, coral reef biology, the issues of climate change andsuggestions for ways forward. The book is not aimed at scienctists butat educators, students, reef enthusiasts, professionals and interestedpeople. Includes CD with Coral Reefs and Climate Change Workbook, aCoral Watch instructional video, monitoring kits, articles, Reef LifeID charts and a virtual reef poster.