A Sea in Flames

Praise

“An impressive book that provides a vivid account of how the spill happened, coupled with a report on the anxiety experienced by those who had no way of knowing how long the spill would last or how bad it would get…Readers will find the book accessible and agreeable…an insightful work.” —The New York Times Book Review

“Safina offers an impassioned, on the ground chronicle of the 2010 Gulf oil blowout that surpassed Exxon-Valdez to rank as the worst in history. His account achieves a broad, reasoned perspective that frames events against the more insidious damage that farm and industrial runoff, canal-digging, levee-building, and rising sea level have wrought on the Gulf and its wetlands.” —Publishers Weekly

The blowout was awful, but look at the bigger picture, writes Safina in this illuminating, monitory study: “The real catastrophe is the oil we don’t spill…the oil we burn, the coal we burn, the gas we burn…And as the reefs dissolve and the ocean’s productivity declines, so will go the food security of hundreds of millions of people.” 
—Kirkus Reviews

“Environmentalist Safina brings his signature compassion, marine expertise, and gorgeous writing to his candidly expressive coverage of the Deepwater Horizon disaster a year after the explosion.” —Booklist

Praise for previous works by Carl Safina:
 
Song for the Blue Ocean:
 
“Engrossing and illuminating . . . passionate and enthralling narrative . . . [A] landmark book.” —New York Times Book Review
 
“You will never think about fish—or the ocean—the same way again.”
—Sylvia Earle, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association
 
Eye of the Albatross:
 
“One of the most delightful natural history studies in decades.”
—The Boston Globe
 
 “A beautiful, awe-inspiring tableau of our world as you’ve never seen it . . . a moving depiction of how interconnected life on this planet truly is.”
—The Christian Science Monitor
 
“Safina delivers a message full of wonder at the natural world and concern about the fragility of his subject.”
—New York Times Book Review
  
Voyage of the Turtle:
 
“Magnificent… a book that makes the sea air palpable….A joyful, hopeful book that at the same time, doesn’t let us off the hook.”
— Los Angeles Times
 
“Thrums with fascination.”
— New York Times Book Review