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Winner of the Sustainability Science Award 2020, Ecological Society of America Winner of the PROSE Award (Biological Sciences category) 2020, Association of American PublishersThere is a growing crisis in our oceans: mysterious outbreaks of infectious disease are on the rise. Marine epidemics can cause mass die-offs of wildlife from the bottom to the top of food chains, impacting the health of ocean ecosystems as well as lives on land. Portending global environmental disaster, ocean outbreaks are fueled by warming seas, sewage dumping, unregulated aquaculture, and drifting plastic. Ocean Outbreak follows renowned scientist Drew Harvell and her colleagues into the field as they investigate how four iconic marine animals—corals, abalone, salmon, and starfish—have been devastated by disease. Based on over twenty years of research, this firsthand account of the sometimes gradual, sometimes exploding impact of disease on our ocean’s biodiversity ends with solutions and a call to action. Only through policy changes and the implementation of innovative solutions from nature can we reduce major outbreaks, save some ocean ecosystems, and protect our fragile environment.  

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Harvell is a skilled science writer and covers the topics with sufficient depth to keep disease aficionados on their toes, marveling at the complexity of diseases in the ocean. . . .The narrative is beautifully written and designed to even be consumed by people who know nothing about infectious [marine] diseases or, worse yet, might fear words like microbe or pathogen the way a 6th grade math phobe would look at his/her first quadratic equation. * The SeaDoc Society Blog * [Harvell] is a writer with a style that is as captivating as it is informative. * The Well-Read Naturalist * ,,,an engaging, eye-opening report on the diseases affecting the health of the ocean...Harvell writes from a scientist's perspective, yet her style is down to earth and her prose is accessible. As such, she achieves her essential objective of making the public more aware of the seriousness of the threats that ocean pathogens pose to our food supplies, economies, livelihoods, and health. * Foreword Reviews * ...a sobering account of what it happening to our seas. . . .This book is a must-read for all who care about the future of our oceans. * Times Higher Education * Harvell vividly recounts her work at the front line, studying die-offs such as the past decade's catastrophic starfish crash. . . . a succinct summation of two decades of research. * Nature * Despite the daunting challenge that marine diseases present, Harvell's book manages to inspire both pragmatism and optimism, which likely stems from the immense number of people working alongside Harvell to better understand these issues. * Forbes Online * Harvell gives readers an inside look at the diseases that are on the rise beneath the waves....in a detailed, engaging narrative. * Smithsonian *

,,,an engaging, eye-opening report on the diseases affecting the health of the ocean...Harvell writes from a scientist's perspective, yet her style is down to earth and her prose is accessible. As such, she achieves her essential objective of making the public more aware of the seriousness of the threats that ocean pathogens pose to our food supplies, economies, livelihoods, and health. * Foreword Reviews *

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Drew Harvell is Professor of Marine Ecology at Cornell University. She has published over 170 scientific articles in leading journals and is a fellow of the Ecological Society of America and the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future. Her book A Sea of Glass received a National Outdoor Book Award and was recognized as one of the Smithsonian's Best “Art Meets Science” Books of 2016. 

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