{"product_id":"9781608197002","title":"Shadows on the Gulf: A Journey Through Our Last Great Wetland","description":"In the spring of 2010, we watched oil gushing unstoppably into the \u003cbr\u003ewaters of the Gulf of Mexico. But as bad as the spill was, it is \u003cbr\u003eonly the latest chapter in a century-long story of destruction. \u003cbr\u003eAt\u003cbr\u003e the height of BP's dispersant madness, the amount sprayed each day \u003cbr\u003emerely equaled the amount of dispersant that washes down the Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e from the Heartland's dishwashers and washing machines. Coastal drilling\u003cbr\u003e has damaged the region's ecology far more than offshore drilling. And \u003cbr\u003ethe acres of marshland ruined by oil slicks can't compare to the amount \u003cbr\u003ethat disappears in every hurricane, due to the work of the Army Corps of\u003cbr\u003e Engineers. Southern Louisiana is subsiding. Even if we succeed in \u003cbr\u003erestoring every mile of beach and wetland from the oil spill, the entire\u003cbr\u003e Mississippi Delta could be lost this century, and New Orleans will sink\u003cbr\u003e beneath the waves, an American Atlantis.\u003cbr\u003eSurveying\u003cbr\u003e the Gulf Coast by sailboat, skiff, car, and kayak, Jacobsen journeys \u003cbr\u003efrom the bayous of Terrebonne Parish, to the last shucking house in New Orleans's French \u003cbr\u003eQuarter. He discovers a little-appreciated ecological wonder of breathtaking \u003cbr\u003enatural beauty and rich culture struggling to hold on to the things that\u003cbr\u003e have always sustained it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShadows on the Gulf\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e details the catastrophe creeping across the region and reveals why the \u003cbr\u003edamage to the Gulf will affect us all. Not only are the Gulf's wetlands \u003cbr\u003ethe best oyster reefs and fish nurseries in the world, they also provide\u003cbr\u003e critical habitat to most of America's migratory songbirds and \u003cbr\u003ewaterfowl. If the Gulf is allowed to fail, the effects will ripple \u003cbr\u003eacross America.","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47133992026352,"sku":"9781608197002","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781608197002_p0.jpg?v=1763833789","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781608197002","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}