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Rachel L. Carson · 1951
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The sea is not backdrop but protagonist — ancient, self-renewing, indifferent, and the true measure of planetary time.
mortality
Millions of years ago, a volcano built a mountain on the floor of the Atlantic… eventually the waves cut down the cone and reduced it to a shoal.
SAU-RC-079In the deep and turbulent recesses of the sea are hidden mysteries far greater than any we have solved.
SAU-RC-185transformation
The most delicate of living tissues must somehow withstand the assault of storm waves that have the power to shift tons of rock.
SAU-RC-102The long trend is toward a warmer earth; the pendulum is swinging.
SAU-RC-149self-and-identity
Centuries before Columbus, men had laid aside whatever fears the ocean inspired and were boldly sailing their craft across the Pacific.
SAU-RC-061At that deep level where salt and fresh water come into contact there is a sharp layer of discontinuity, like the surface film between water and air.
SAU-RC-141Illuminates
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