Coral Whisperers

Irus Braverman is Professor of Law at the University of Buffalo, the State University of New York. She is the author of Planted Flags: Trees, Land, and Law in Israel/Palestine (2009), Zooland: The Institution of Captivity (2012), and Wild Life: The Institution of Nature (2015).

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Coral WhisperersCorals in the Anthropocene—An Interview with Peter Sale1. Coral Scientists between Hope and DespairProphet of Doom—An Interview with Ove Hoegh-Guldberg2. “And Then We Wept”: Coral Death on RecordThe Pristine Is Gone—An Interview with Jeremy Jackson3. Fragments of Hope: Nursing Corals Back to LifeBuilding Bridges and Trees—An Interview with Ken Nedimyer4. Coral Law under ThreatThe Cinderella of Corals—An Interview with J Murray Roberts5. The Coral Holobiont: Hope and the Genomic TurnA Super Coral Scientist—An Interview with Ruth GatesConclusion: Coral Scientists on the BrinkNotesList of InterviewsIndex

"Coral Whisperers is exceptional in its scientific detail but also in relating the personal stories of the scientists, or “whisperers,” who follow the lives of corals and invest their own lives in striving to preserve them. Just as important, the book is a stern warning that the earth’s oceans are in grave danger."