Carl Safina
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An exhilarating journey of natural renewal through a year with MacArthur fellow Carl Safina
Beginning in his kayak in his home waters of eastern Long Island, Carl Safina's The View from Lazy Point takes us through the four seasons to the four points of the compass, from the high Arctic south to Antarctica, across the warm belly of the tropics from the Caribbean to the west Pacific, then home again. We meet Eskimos whose way of life is melting away,...
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Eye of the Albatross takes us soaring to locales where whales, sea turtles, penguins, and shearwaters flourish in their own quotidian rhythms. Carl Safina's guide and inspiration is an albatross he calls Amelia, whose life and far-flung flights he describes in fascinating detail. Interwoven with recollections of whalers and famous explorers, Eye of the Albatross probes the unmistakable environmental impact of the encounters between man and marine...
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The story of an ancient sea turtle and what its survival says about our future, from the award-winning writer and naturalist
Though nature is indifferent to the struggles of her creatures, the human effect on them is often premeditated. The distressing decline of sea turtles in Pacific waters and their surprising recovery in the Atlantic illuminate what can go both wrong and right from our interventions, and teach us the lessons that can be applied...
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Part odyssey, part pilgrimage, this epic personal narrative follows the author's exploration of coasts, islands, reefs, and the sea's abyssal depths. Scientist and fisherman Carl Safina takes readers on a global journey of discovery, probing for truth about the world's changing seas, deftly weaving adventure, science, and political analysis.
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Some people insist that culture is strictly a human feat. What are they afraid of? This book looks into three cultures of other-than-human beings in some of Earth's remaining wild places. It shows how if you're a sperm whale, a scarlet macaw, or a chimpanzee, you too experience your life with the understanding that you are an individual in a particular community. You too are who you are not by genes alone; your culture is a second form of inheritance....
6) Alfie and Me
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When ecologist Carl Safina and his wife, Patricia, took in a near-death baby owl, they expected that, like other wild orphans they'd rescued, she'd be a temporary presence. But Alfie's feathers were not growing correctly, requiring prolonged care. As Alfie grew and gained strength, she became a part of the family, joining a menagerie of dogs and chickens and making a home for herself in the backyard.
“Alfie & Me” is the story of the remarkable...
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Saving the Ocean with Carl Safina volume 9
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Join Carl Safina to find signs that the famous codfish of New England just might, indeed, be coming back.
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Saving the Ocean with Carl Safina volume 3
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Learn how fishermen in Mexico stopped hunting gray whales and developed a lucrative whale-watching co-op.
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Saving the Ocean with Carl Safina volume 7
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Examine the major project, led by the Nisqually Indian tribe, restoring the Nisqually River.
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Saving the Ocean with Carl Safina volume 2
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Find out why Carl Safina believes Islam could be a key to ocean conservation in large parts of the world.
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Saving the Ocean with Carl Safina volume 5
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Join Carl Safina as he goes to sea with some of the last remaining swordfish harpooners.
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Saving the Ocean with Carl Safina volume 10
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Learn how lionfish are damaging native species in the Caribbean and along the Atlantic coast.
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Saving the Ocean with Carl Safina volume 8
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Learn how Trinidad transformed leatherback turtles from shark bait to tourist attraction.
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Saving the Ocean with Carl Safina volume 4
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Join Carl Safina as he goes to sea with some of the last remaining swordfish harpooners.
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Saving the Ocean with Carl Safina volume 6
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Examine the major project, led by the Nisqually Indian tribe, restoring the Nisqually River.
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Saving the Ocean with Carl Safina volume 1
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See how sharks can thrive while local people still can fish in Belize.
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W W Norton
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[2023]
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A moving account of raising, then freeing, an orphaned screech owl, whose lasting friendship with the author illuminates humanity's relationship with the world. When ecologist Carl Safina and his wife, Patricia, took in a near-death baby owl, they expected that, like other wild orphans they'd rescued, she'd be a temporary presence. But Alfie's feathers were not growing correctly, requiring prolonged care. As Alfie grew and gained strength, she became...
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Kanopy Streaming
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2014.
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In a two-part special, Carl Safina goes to sea with some of the last remaining swordfish harpooners to experience firsthand one of the world’s most sustainable fisheries and to find out why swordfish are the world’s best big-fish comeback story.
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Kanopy Streaming
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2014.
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This two-parter examines the huge project now restoring the Nisqually River, from its source on Mount Rainier to the estuary in Puget Sound. Led by the Nisqually Indian tribe, the restoration aims to fill the river once again with abundant, magnificent wild salmon.
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Kanopy Streaming
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2014.
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After local leaders launched a crusade to end the slaughter of Trinidad’s thousand-pound leatherback turtles, the turtles were transformed from shark bait to tourist attraction. Now Trinidad’s beaches support 80 percent of the entire Caribbean’s leatherbacks and nearby villages make a great living catering to the visitors.