01902cam a2200325 i 4500 1164845448 TxAuBib 20201110120000.0 191020s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781982120696 hardcover 198212069X hardcover (OCoLC)1124313331 YDX eng rda YDX ATNSH HQD OCLCQ OCO GP5 CLE JQW QQ3 OCLCF UAP LEB ILC TxAuBib rda Giggs, Rebecca, author. Fathoms : the world in the whale / Rebecca Giggs. First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2020. ©2020. 340 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-324) and index. When writer Rebecca Giggs encountered a humpback whale stranded on her local beachfront in Australia, she began to wonder how the lives of whales reflect the condition of our oceans. When Giggs encountered a humpback whale stranded on her local beachfront in Australia, she began to wonder how the lives of whales reflect the condition of our oceans. Here she blends natural history, philosophy, and science to learn about whales so rare they have never been named; whale songs that sweep across hemispheres in annual waves of popularity, and whales that have modified the chemical composition of our planet's atmosphere. She takes readers to Japan to board the ships that hunt whales, and delves into the deepest seas to discover how plastic pollution pervades our earth's undersea environment. -- adapted from jacket. 20201110. Whales Behavior. Whales Australia. TXKIP