Wild oceans / John Kerr
- Bib ID:
- 6538594
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Kerr, John, 1947-, author
- Description:
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- Melbourne, Victoria : Wilkinson Publishing, [2014]
- 1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 32 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9781922178657 (paperback)
- Series:
- WP discovery series ; no. 4. 2200-9884
- Summary:
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Annotation. In December 2004 the waters of the Indian Ocean were lifted up and smashed down on the unsuspecting inhabitants of the coasts of a score of nations. "I saw the sea eat my wife and children," one survivor said. This wild ocean killed over a quarter of a million people, making it the most deadly natural disaster on human record, so far - We are beginning to realise just how much we don't know about what covers two-thirds of the planet, and what we are learning is making us respect the ocean a great deal lot more. In Wild Oceans, author John Kerr revisits the Boxing Day Tsunami 10 years on to unearth what the science behind the most deadly natural disaster to date really shows. He explores human behaviour on ocean health, the increase in storm surges and their devastating impact once they reach land, and takes us on a journey from early ocean explorers to modern day issues of sustainability.
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- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2014
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