Transforming the Global Biosphere

Includes our global water crisis satellite monitoring of global forest cover polluters can?t hide marine foreign species introduction underground fires a hidden cause of atmospheric pollution and global warming fiber not forests paper from clay paper from pond scum world?s fastest-growing trees the test-tube forest plastic lumber tropical rainforests: our precious resources clear cutting the ocean floors wasteful fishing practices size matters other size benefits coral reefs our undersea rainforests rigs to reefs artificial designer reefs new technologies for coral reef restoration electric reefs reef-fish laundering bioprospecting the ocean depths basic strategies for enlightened global resource management.