It takes the average reader 5 hours and 14 minutes to read Shifting Baselines by Jeremy B.C. Jackson
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Shifting Baselines explores the real-world implications of a groundbreaking idea: we must understand the oceans of the past to protect the oceans of the future. In 1995, acclaimed marine biologist Daniel Pauly coined the term "shifting baselines" to describe a phenomenon of lowered expectations, in which each generation regards a progressively poorer natural world as normal. This seminal volume expands on Pauly's work, showing how skewed visions of the past have led to disastrous marine policies and why historical perspective is critical to revitalize fisheries and ecosystems. Edited by...
Shifting Baselines by Jeremy B.C. Jackson is 312 pages long, and a total of 78,624 words.
This makes it 105% the length of the average book. It also has 96% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 9 minutes to read Shifting Baselines aloud.
Shifting Baselines is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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