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245 10 a| Message in a bottle :b| ocean dispatches from a seabird biologist /c| Holly Hogan.;

264 1 a| Toronto :b| Alfred A. Knopf Canada,c| [2023];

300 a| xix, 283 pages :b| illustrations, map ;c| 22 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-276) and index.;

505 0 a| Introduction: Apex predator -- Part 1: The ocean's secrets -- 1. Throwaway living -- 2. Wilderness, rewritten -- 3. The heart of the Labrador Current -- Part 2: The fragility of marine life -- 4. Quiet at Witless Bay -- 5. Full throttle on Baccalieu Island -- 6. Ghost harvest: The threat of macroplactics -- 7. Right Whale, wrong place: The plight of the North Atlantic Right Whale -- Part 3: Ocean currents and the plastic crisis -- 8. Kittiwakes and the Japan Current -- 9. Following currents to the ends of the Erth -- 10. The raven's parachute: Plastic and the Gulf Stream -- 11. The plastisphere: Microplastics, the oceans and human health -- Part 4: Petrochemicals and the future of our seas -- 12. Whales on toast -- 13. Out of sight, out of mind -- 14. Reframing plastic: The potential of a circular economy -- 15. New beginnings: Land of ice and hope -- 16. Fabric from fairy rings;

520 a| "From the heart of the Labrador Current to the furthest reaches of our global oceans, Message in a Bottle conjures an exquisite diversity of marine life and warns of a central threat to its survival: ocean plastic. The dovekie is a stocky seabird the size of a child's heart that spends its winters on the coast of Newfoundland, thriving in one of the toughest climates on Earth. The polar bear is an apex predator, designed to persevere in the Arctic's extreme conditions. The North Atlantic right whale outweighs the humpback by more than twenty tons and feeds on enormous quantities of tiny plankton in northeastern waters before migrating south for the winter. In Message in a Bottle, wildlife biologist and writer Holly Hogan brings to extraordinary life the wonder and resilience of these creatures and many other birds, fish and marine mammals she has encountered in sea voyages from the Arctic to the Antarctic oceans. However, in her travels she has noticed a troubling pattern: the constant presence of plastic, in the form of adrift fishing gear ("ghost gear"), garbage and micro-plastics which form an invisible but pervasive smog in our oceans and threaten even the most seemingly resilient forms of sea life. Bringing together nature, science and adventure writing, Hogan shines a light on our plastic-addicted lifestyle and offers a compelling, eyewitness account of its devastating effects on the marine environment--70% of our planet. With lyrical prose and a reverential eye for the majesty and fragility of our natural world, Message in a Bottle is a clarion call to protect global oceans and the life they sustain, including our own."--c| Provided by publisher.;

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Message in a bottle : ocean dispatches from a seabird biologist / Holly Hogan.

Author/creator	Hogan, Holly, 1964- author.
Format	Book
Publication	Toronto : Alfred A. Knopf Canada, [2023]
Copyright Date	©2023
Description	xix, 283 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Subjects	Plastic marine debris. Plastic marine debris--Environmental aspects. Marine pollution. Marine pollution--Prevention. Marine ecology. Débris marins en plastique. Débris marins en plastique--Aspect de l'environnement. Pollution marine.

Contents	Introduction: Apex predator -- Part 1: The ocean's secrets -- 1. Throwaway living -- 2. Wilderness, rewritten -- 3. The heart of the Labrador Current -- Part 2: The fragility of marine life -- 4. Quiet at Witless Bay -- 5. Full throttle on Baccalieu Island -- 6. Ghost harvest: The threat of macroplactics -- 7. Right Whale, wrong place: The plight of the North Atlantic Right Whale -- Part 3: Ocean currents and the plastic crisis -- 8. Kittiwakes and the Japan Current -- 9. Following currents to the ends of the Erth -- 10. The raven's parachute: Plastic and the Gulf Stream -- 11. The plastisphere: Microplastics, the oceans and human health -- Part 4: Petrochemicals and the future of our seas -- 12. Whales on toast -- 13. Out of sight, out of mind -- 14. Reframing plastic: The potential of a circular economy -- 15. New beginnings: Land of ice and hope -- 16. Fabric from fairy rings
Abstract	"From the heart of the Labrador Current to the furthest reaches of our global oceans, Message in a Bottle conjures an exquisite diversity of marine life and warns of a central threat to its survival: ocean plastic. The dovekie is a stocky seabird the size of a child's heart that spends its winters on the coast of Newfoundland, thriving in one of the toughest climates on Earth. The polar bear is an apex predator, designed to persevere in the Arctic's extreme conditions. The North Atlantic right whale outweighs the humpback by more than twenty tons and feeds on enormous quantities of tiny plankton in northeastern waters before migrating south for the winter. In Message in a Bottle, wildlife biologist and writer Holly Hogan brings to extraordinary life the wonder and resilience of these creatures and many other birds, fish and marine mammals she has encountered in sea voyages from the Arctic to the Antarctic oceans. However, in her travels she has noticed a troubling pattern: the constant presence of plastic, in the form of adrift fishing gear ("ghost gear"), garbage and micro-plastics which form an invisible but pervasive smog in our oceans and threaten even the most seemingly resilient forms of sea life. Bringing together nature, science and adventure writing, Hogan shines a light on our plastic-addicted lifestyle and offers a compelling, eyewitness account of its devastating effects on the marine environment--70% of our planet. With lyrical prose and a reverential eye for the majesty and fragility of our natural world, Message in a Bottle is a clarion call to protect global oceans and the life they sustain, including our own."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-276) and index.
Issued in other form	Online version: Hogan, Holly (Biologist) Message in a bottle. Toronto : Knopf Canada, 2023 0385696272 9780385696272
ISBN	9780385696265 (hardback)
ISBN	0385696264 (hardback)

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