Sea Change: A Message of the Oceans

NY: Putnam, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. Inscribed on the title page in the year of publication: "Oct. 23, 1995, For Ginny -- Keep caring for the earth -- its animals and its fishes! With admiration, Sylvia Earle." Also signed in full on the title page. Uncommon signed. Sylvia Earle (b. 1935) is a standout marine biologist, oceanographer and explorer, often described as a Rachel Carson of the oceans. She has been a National Geographic explorer-in-residence since 1998, was the first female chief scientist of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and was named by Time Magazine as its first Hero for the Planet in 1998. Among many, many other accolades, she has won the Rachel Carson Award from the National Audubon Society and the Carl Sagan Award for Public Understanding of Science. Sea Change "is an enthusiastic celebration of that diversity and abundance [of the marine world]. It's also a profoundly sobering account of the shortsighted human assault on ocean life. The 'silent tide,' as one reviewer wrote, may lie just offshore." Blurbs by E.O. Wilson and Jane Goodall among others. An important woman in science and biology. Fine book in a near fine jacket with a hint of edge wear and light rubbing to back panel. .