{"product_id":"b004vw3ktg","title":"Shadows on the Gulf: A Journey Through Our Last Great Wetland","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the spring of 2010, we watched oil gushing unstoppably into the\u003cbr\u003e\nwaters of the Gulf of Mexico. But as bad as the spill was, it is\u003cbr\u003e\nonly the latest chapter in a century-long story of destruction.\u003cbr\u003e\nAt\u003cbr\u003e\nthe height of BP's dispersant madness, the amount sprayed each day\u003cbr\u003e\nmerely equaled the amount of dispersant that washes down the Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\nfrom the Heartland's dishwashers and washing machines. Coastal drilling\u003cbr\u003e\nhas damaged the region's ecology far more than offshore drilling. And\u003cbr\u003e\nthe acres of marshland ruined by oil slicks can't compare to the amount\u003cbr\u003e\nthat disappears in every hurricane, due to the work of the Army Corps of\u003cbr\u003e\nEngineers. Southern Louisiana is subsiding. Even if we succeed in\u003cbr\u003e\nrestoring every mile of beach and wetland from the oil spill, the entire\u003cbr\u003e\nMississippi Delta could be lost this century, and New Orleans will sink\u003cbr\u003e\nbeneath the waves, an American Atlantis.\u003cbr\u003e\nSurveying\u003cbr\u003e\nthe Gulf Coast by sailboat, skiff, car, and kayak, Jacobsen journeys\u003cbr\u003e\nfrom the bayous of Terrebonne Parish, to the last shucking house in New Orleans's French\u003cbr\u003e\nQuarter. He discovers a little-appreciated ecological wonder of breathtaking\u003cbr\u003e\nnatural beauty and rich culture struggling to hold on to the things that\u003cbr\u003e\nhave always sustained it.\u003cbr\u003e\nShadows on the Gulf\u003cbr\u003e\ndetails the catastrophe creeping across the region and reveals why the\u003cbr\u003e\ndamage to the Gulf will affect us all. Not only are the Gulf's wetlands\u003cbr\u003e\nthe best oyster reefs and fish nurseries in the world, they also provide\u003cbr\u003e\ncritical habitat to most of America's migratory songbirds and\u003cbr\u003e\nwaterfowl. If the Gulf is allowed to fail, the effects will ripple\u003cbr\u003e\nacross America.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":54222505902443,"sku":"YSL23381","price":10.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/1674\/0203\/files\/81BIef0aFBL._SY1500.jpg?v=1792814183","url":"https:\/\/www.booktavero.com\/products\/b004vw3ktg","provider":"BookTavero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}