The Edge of the Sea

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This Library of America series edition is printed on acid-free paper and features Smyth-sewn binding, a full cloth cover, and a ribbon marker. HM Coastguard said at the time the cliff had become unstable due to heavy rain. One homeowner said at the time he has been left “scared out of his mind” and he was desperate to move. The UK is at greater risk than other countries in Europe because, as an island, it has 11,000 miles of coastline and it is buffeted each winter by storms barrelling across the Atlantic and the North Sea.

Nowhere on the shore is the relation of a creature to its surroundings a matter of a single cause and effect; each living thing is bound to its world by many threads, weaving the intricate design of the fabric of life." (p.20) England in particular has some of the fastest eroding coastlines in the continent, with soft and sandy east coasts of Norfolk and Yorkshire at the greatest risk, but it also affects other parts of the country including Cumbria, Cornwall and Devon.Between 1964 and 1990, 650 acres (3 km2) near Brookeville in Montgomery County, Maryland were acquired and set aside as the Rachel Carson Conservation Park, administered by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission. In 1969, the Coastal Maine National Wildlife Refuge became the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge; expansions will bring the size of the refuge to about 9,125 acres (37 km2). In 1985, North Carolina renamed one of its estuarine reserves in honor of Carson, in Beaufort. The Edge of the Sea is a handbook of knowledge, beautifully written — and a new insight into the enormous, mysterious life around us. A small headland appears to have disappeared and Beach Road which leads to it has been cut in half, while new cliffs have been gouged out of the seafront. Mundesley, Norfolk But it said “not all settlements will be able to be protected from coastal erosion in the long-term”.

Martyrdom’ is based on an existing traditional melody of the same title, from the late eighteenth century and is still used in Gaelic church services today. The combination of its melody and the variations created by the composer was to become the beginning of a unique collaboration between Craig and Calum. Skipsea was a once thriving seaside town where homes are now at imminent risk of tumbling into the North Sea because of rapid erosion. A scientifically accurate exploration of the ecology of Atlantic seashore, The Edge of the Sea is an account of what one could find at the literal edge of the sea. Within The Edge of the Sea, Carson details her explorations with accounts of a tide pool, an inaccessible cave, and the instance of a lone crab on the shore at midnight. [1] Each is a memorable encounter and works to explore life on the edge of the sea. They have warned people living in coastal areas that protection and compensation may not be available at all, and homeowners may be asked to pay to demolish their properties while still paying their mortgage. A new generation of readers is already discovering why Rachel Carson’s books have become cornerstones of the environmental and conservation movements.”

Finalist, National Book Awards 1956 for Nonfiction

The coastlines of every country and continent are affected by natural phenomena that can cause coastal erosion – a combination of storm surges at high tide combined with the power of strong waves that can eat away at the land. Oxford definition) The land along the edge of the sea or ocean, a lake or another large area of water.