The Seabird's Cry

The Lives and Loves of the Planet's Great Ocean Voyagers

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Biological Sciences, Environmental Science, Nature, Animals
Cover of the book The Seabird's Cry by Adam Nicolson, Henry Holt and Co.
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Adam Nicolson ISBN: 9781250134196
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. Publication: February 6, 2018
Imprint: Henry Holt and Co. Language: English
Author: Adam Nicolson
ISBN: 9781250134196
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Publication: February 6, 2018
Imprint: Henry Holt and Co.
Language: English

Life itself could never have been sustainable without seabirds. As Adam Nicolson writes: "They are bringers of fertility, the deliverers of life from ocean to land."

A global tragedy is unfolding. Even as we are coming to understand them, the number of seabirds on our planet is in freefall, dropping by nearly 70% in the last sixty years, a billion fewer now than there were in 1950. Of the ten birds in this book, seven are in decline, at least in part of their range. Extinction stalks the ocean and there is a danger that the grand cry of the seabird colony, rolling around the bays and headlands of high latitudes, will this century become little but a memory.

Seabirds have always entranced the human imagination and NYT best-selling author Adam Nicolson has been in love with them all his life: for their mastery of wind and ocean, their aerial beauty and the unmatched wildness of the coasts and islands where every summer they return to breed. The seabird’s cry comes from an elemental layer in the story of the world.

Over the last couple of decades, modern science has begun to understand their epic voyages, their astonishing abilities to navigate for tens of thousands of miles on featureless seas, their ability to smell their way towards fish and home. Only the poets in the past would have thought of seabirds as creatures riding the ripples and currents of the entire planet, but that is what the scientists are seeing now today.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Life itself could never have been sustainable without seabirds. As Adam Nicolson writes: "They are bringers of fertility, the deliverers of life from ocean to land."

A global tragedy is unfolding. Even as we are coming to understand them, the number of seabirds on our planet is in freefall, dropping by nearly 70% in the last sixty years, a billion fewer now than there were in 1950. Of the ten birds in this book, seven are in decline, at least in part of their range. Extinction stalks the ocean and there is a danger that the grand cry of the seabird colony, rolling around the bays and headlands of high latitudes, will this century become little but a memory.

Seabirds have always entranced the human imagination and NYT best-selling author Adam Nicolson has been in love with them all his life: for their mastery of wind and ocean, their aerial beauty and the unmatched wildness of the coasts and islands where every summer they return to breed. The seabird’s cry comes from an elemental layer in the story of the world.

Over the last couple of decades, modern science has begun to understand their epic voyages, their astonishing abilities to navigate for tens of thousands of miles on featureless seas, their ability to smell their way towards fish and home. Only the poets in the past would have thought of seabirds as creatures riding the ripples and currents of the entire planet, but that is what the scientists are seeing now today.

More books from Henry Holt and Co.

Cover of the book Ronald Reagan by Adam Nicolson
Cover of the book Katya's Book of Mushrooms by Adam Nicolson
Cover of the book Moon Bear by Adam Nicolson
Cover of the book Never Sniff A Gift Fish by Adam Nicolson
Cover of the book One Country by Adam Nicolson
Cover of the book Einstein the Class Hamster and the Very Real Game Show by Adam Nicolson
Cover of the book A Fine and Pleasant Misery by Adam Nicolson
Cover of the book The Day by Adam Nicolson
Cover of the book King of Ithaka by Adam Nicolson
Cover of the book Love and Haight by Adam Nicolson
Cover of the book Disasters by Adam Nicolson
Cover of the book The Great Dissent by Adam Nicolson
Cover of the book Crafty Screenwriting by Adam Nicolson
Cover of the book Speak You Also by Adam Nicolson
Cover of the book Marty Frye, Private Eye: The Case of the Busted Video Games & Other Mysteries by Adam Nicolson
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy