31st January, 2010

Amazon.com Review Take a pristine coral reef off the mangrove-forested coast of Belize, one that draws a handsome roster of fish and other sea creatures–and, therefore, a complement of scuba divers, sports fishermen, photographers, and other consumers of nature. Add an airstrip to serve these cash customers, then a hotel, then a seawall, then a [...]

Amazon.com Review

Take a pristine coral reef off the mangrove-forested coast of Belize, one that draws a handsome roster of fish and other sea creatures–and, therefore, a complement of scuba divers, sports fishermen, photographers, and other consumers of nature. Add an airstrip to serve these cash customers, then a hotel, then a seawall, then a golf course, then a desalination plant. In no time, thanks to the changes you’ve wrought on the coastal ecology, you’ll have a dead reef in a dead patch of sea. Such wanton destruction is the norm for today, writes science journalist Colin Woodard, who debarks from his travels on the world’s seas with depressing and unremittingly bad news. One of the victims is the Black Sea of Eurasia, once a thriving extension of the Atlantic, now all but destroyed by “overfishing, oil spills, industrial discharges, nutrient pollution, wetlands destruction,” and other ills. The ravaged Black Sea is mirrored in other places to whi (more…)

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