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Carson began her career as an aquatic biologist in the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries,and became a full-time nature writer in the 1950s. Her widely praised 1951 bestseller The Sea Around Us won her a U.S. National Book Award. Her next book, The Edge of the Sea, and the reissued version of her first book, Under the Sea Wind, were also bestsellers. This sea trilogy explores the whole of ocean life from the shores to the depths. | Carson began her career as an aquatic biologist in the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries,and became a full-time nature writer in the 1950s. Her widely praised 1951 bestseller The Sea Around Us won her a U.S. National Book Award. Her next book, The Edge of the Sea, and the reissued version of her first book, Under the Sea Wind, were also bestsellers. This sea trilogy explores the whole of ocean life from the shores to the depths. | ||
| − | Late in the 1950s, Carson turned her attention to conservation, especially environmental problems that she believed were caused by synthetic pesticides. The result was Silent Spring (1962), which brought environmental concerns to an unprecedented share of the American people. Although Silent Spring was met with fierce opposition by chemical companies, it spurred a reversal in national pesticide policy, which led to a nationwide ban on DDT and other pesticides, and it inspired a grassroots environmental movement that led to the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Carson was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Jimmy Carter. | + | Late in the 1950s, Carson turned her attention to conservation, especially environmental problems that she believed were caused by synthetic pesticides. The result was Silent Spring (1962), which brought environmental concerns to an unprecedented share of the American people. Although Silent Spring was met with fierce opposition by chemical companies, it spurred a reversal in national pesticide policy, which led to a nationwide ban on DDT and other pesticides, and it inspired a grassroots environmental movement that led to the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Carson was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Jimmy Carter. A full account of the life and work of Rachel Louise Carson is beyond the scope of this website. |
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| − | It | + | It ihrem 1951 erschienenen Buch "[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/542766.The_Sea_Around_Us The Sea Around Us]" theoretisierte '''Carson''', dass [[Atlantis]] mit dem Versinken der [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doggerbank Dogger Bank] in the Nordsee identifiziert werden könne, welche durch den bei der [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storegga Storegga-Rutschung] entstandenen [[Mega-Tsunami|Tsunami]] um etwa 6200 v.Chr. vernichtet wurde. |
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Forscherinnen- und Autorinnenportrait
Rachel Louise Carson (Abb. 1) (* 27. Mai 1907 in Springdale, Pennsylvania; + 14. April 1964 in Silver Spring, Maryland) war eine amerikanische Meresbiologin, Autorin und Umweltschützerin, deren Buch Silent Spring and other writings are credited with advancing the global environmental movement.
Carson began her career as an aquatic biologist in the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries,and became a full-time nature writer in the 1950s. Her widely praised 1951 bestseller The Sea Around Us won her a U.S. National Book Award. Her next book, The Edge of the Sea, and the reissued version of her first book, Under the Sea Wind, were also bestsellers. This sea trilogy explores the whole of ocean life from the shores to the depths.
Late in the 1950s, Carson turned her attention to conservation, especially environmental problems that she believed were caused by synthetic pesticides. The result was Silent Spring (1962), which brought environmental concerns to an unprecedented share of the American people. Although Silent Spring was met with fierce opposition by chemical companies, it spurred a reversal in national pesticide policy, which led to a nationwide ban on DDT and other pesticides, and it inspired a grassroots environmental movement that led to the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Carson was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Jimmy Carter. A full account of the life and work of Rachel Louise Carson is beyond the scope of this website.
Atlantis
It ihrem 1951 erschienenen Buch "The Sea Around Us" theoretisierte Carson, dass Atlantis mit dem Versinken der Dogger Bank in the Nordsee identifiziert werden könne, welche durch den bei der Storegga-Rutschung entstandenen Tsunami um etwa 6200 v.Chr. vernichtet wurde.
