Reef Life, Callum Roberts
Reef Life, Callum Roberts
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Reef Life
An Underwater Memoir

Author: Callum Roberts

Narrator: Antony Ferguson

Unabridged: 12 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Scribd Audio

Published: 12/21/2021


Synopsis

How did one of the world’s preeminent marine conservation scientists fall in love with coral reefs? We first meet Callum as a young student who had never been abroad, spending a summer helping to map the unknown reefs of Saudi Arabia. From that moment, when Callum first cleared his goggles, he never looked back. He went on to survey Sharm al-Sheikh, and from there he would dive into the deep in the name of research all over the world, from Australia’s imperiled Great Barrier Reef to the hardier reefs of the Caribbean.

Reef Life is filled with astonishing stories of adventure and the natural world, which are by turns lyrical and laced with a wonderful wry humor. Callum illuminates the science of our oceans and reefs and his book, combined with the stunning photographs from Alex Mustard, will also commit readers to support Callum’s goal to preserve 10 percent of the world’s oceans.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Alice

Reefs and fish!!! 😁🐠🤿🪸 Reefs and fish 😔🪦🫚⚠️......more

Goodreads review by Brad

The best science and nature travel book I've read this year. Also deep dark wet scuba porn, if you're into that kinda thing.......more

Goodreads review by Rae

This book took me all summer (plus some) to read because it’s non-fiction and very science-y. A concept i seem to have challenges grasping. But the descriptions of coral reefs were stunning and Roberts’ personal stories made the need to save coral reefs palpable. I’m grateful to be taking a snorkel......more

Goodreads review by Mika

This fantastic book took me a year to read, but not because it was boring; I just read in small bits amid other work. It's an exemplary piece of serious science writing framed into a memoir about a career in science. Roberts's deep concern about the fate of the world's coral reefs is compelling, but......more

Goodreads review by Morag

I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in conservation, the oceans, nature or travel. Callum Roberts is one of the worlds top marine conservationists and this book walks you through his career; education about coral reefs; and fascinating if heart breaking explanations of the......more