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Description

1. xi, 352 p. : col. ill.; 25 cm

Summary

1. "The first book about the BP disaster by a world-renowned oceanographer, A SEA IN FLAMES examines the environmental and social consequences of the spill from the perspective of those directly affected by it. It will be published on the one-year anniversary of the spill, in April 2011. The Gulf of Mexico oil spill is among the greatest environmental catastrophes in U.S. history. Carl Safina's Blowout provides an extraordinary perspective on it. Consisting of three parts, it reveals and details: this shocking manmade environmental disaster, its occurrence with respect to the oil industry's and the government's complete inability to adequately respond, and the inevitable environmental effects. By telling the stories of three working families, Safina goes behind the scenes with fishermen, oystermen, and oilmen whose lives--and habitats--have been irreparably changed. But will energy and environmental policy change as well? Safina addresses these issues in a rich, deeply personal investigation of a catastrophe he has reported--and blogged on--from the beginning"--Provided by publisher.

Subject

1. 2010
2. BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill (2010)
3. Erdölwirtschaft
4. Golf von Mexiko
5. British Petroleum Company
6. Ölunfall
7. BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010 > Environmental aspects
8. Havarie
9. Oil spills > Gulf of Mexico
10. Armed Forces > Environmental aspects
11. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief
12. SCIENCE / Environmental Science
13. Tiefseebohrung
14. BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010 > Social aspects
15. Gulf of Mexico
16. Social aspects
17. Erdölgewinnung
18. SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General
19. Bohrinsel
20. Umweltverschmutzung
21. Meeresverschmutzung
22. Oil spills > Mexico, Gulf of

Contents

1. Know before you go -- Diaster Chain. -- Blowout ; April ; Deja vu, to name but a few -- A Season of Anguish. -- Mayday ; Late May ; Early June ; High June ; Late June ; Like a thousand Julys ; Late July -- Aftermath. -- Dog days ; Late August ; Early September ; The new light of autumn.

Call number

1. JFE 15-5694

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-339) and index.

Author

1. Safina, Carl, 1955-

Title

1. A sea in flames : the Deepwater Horizon Oil blowout / Carl Safina.

Imprint

1. New York : Crown Publishers, c2011.

Edition

1. 1st ed.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-339) and index.

Connect to:

1. Contributor biographical information
2. Publisher description
3. Sample text
4. Cover image

Chronological term

1. 2010

LCCN

1. 2010051455

Other standard identifier

1. 40019297395

ISBN

1. 0307887359
2. 9780307887351
3. 0307887367 (pbk.)
4. 9780307887368 (pbk.)
5. 0307887375 (electronic)
6. 9780307887375 (electronic)

Research call number

1. JFE 15-5694