From the eerie calls of early shell trumpets to the evolutionary miracle of spines and spires and the modern science of carbon capture inspired by shell, Barnett circles to her central point of listening to nature's wisdom-and acting on what seashells have to say about taking care of each other and our world'- Provided by publisher. Her book, 'The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of the Oceans,' is a natural and cultural history of seashells and the animals that make them revealing what they have to tell us about. She begins with their childhood wonder, unwinds surprising histories like the origin of Shell Oil as a family business importing exotic shells, and charts what shells and the soft animals that build them are telling scientists about our warming, acidifying seas. Spiraling out from the great cities of shell that once rose in North America to the warming waters of the Maldives and the slave castles of Ghana, Barnett has created an unforgettable account of the world's most iconic seashells.

Barnett reports: The Sound of the Sea blends history and science to tell the story of seashells and the animals that build them, the marine mollusks. In The Sound of the Sea, acclaimed environmental author Cynthia Barnett blends cultural history and science to trace our long love affair with seashells and the hidden lives of the mollusks that make them. THE SOUND OF THE SEA: SEASHELLS AND THE FATE OF THE OCEANS Cynthia Barnett W.W. The community is invited to celebrate The Sound of the Sea with Cynthia. They were money before coins, jewelry before gems, art before canvas. The Sound Of The Sea: Seashells And The Fate Of The Ocean, is published by W.W.

Seashells have been the most coveted and collected of nature's creations since the dawn of humanity. 'A compelling history of seashells and the animals that make them, revealing what they have to tell us about nature, our changing oceans, and ourselves.

The Sound of the Sea by Cynthia Barnett