An astonishing book, and one that is not as dismal as one might think. No, there is some room for optimism amid all the numbers thrown at us by scientists. The optimism comes at the human level, that’s you and me. What we can do to make the waters we use (even if we don’t live near the ocean) that much better. As the author remarks, “The ocean is a multitude, linking us to one another and to every other living organism on the planet in unimaginable ways.” The Imperilled Ocean lacks only in one area: no photographs. No photos of the garbage on BC’s coast, none of the cruise ship workers or the houseboats that make up the “Dogpatch” a floating community on Vancouver Island’s coast. Photographs of these people and places would have made The Imperilled Ocean that much more human. Full review here: http://bit.ly/ImperilledOceanReview