whales of, 159–60
Atlantic Sea Farms, 245
Atopodentatus, 14
Australia
chemical pollution regulation, 117
in prehistoric era, 9, 23–24
reefs of, 153, 207–10, 215, 223–25, 228
seaweed forests of, 197–200
Shark Bay, 93
baleen whales, 21, 23, 48–50, 121
Ballantine, Bill, 149–50, 157n, 167, 183–84
Baltic Sea, 38, 118–19
Barents Sea, 32–33, 176
basslets, 42, 213–14
batteries for electric vehicles, 256–57
Beaufort Sea, 48–49, 118
Belize, 44, 201–5, 206–7, 216–17
Biden, Joe, 243
Bilott, Robert, 116
bisphenol A (BPA), 120–21
Blackfish (film), 124
Black Sea, 35, 38
black smokers, 163–65
Blob (heat wave), 187, 218
blubber
buoyancy of, 185
human use of, 134–35
toxin storage in, 111, 113, 114
“blue economy,” 145–46, 227, 227n
bluefin tuna
commercial fishing of, 126, 137–41, 143, 144–45, 171
Japanese food culture and, 139–40
migration patterns, 141–43
population recovery, 136, 141–45
in prehistoric seas, 136–37
sport fishing of, 138, 144–45
Blue Water, White Death (documentary), 80
blue whales, 23, 72, 121, 145–46
BMW, 255
bony fishes, 11, 15, 24–25, 37
