A decade or so ago, Jane Lubchenco made a visit to The Oregonian newsroom and spoke to our environmental team. Lubchenco — at the time a world renowned marine scientist with Oregon State University — has since been appointed to head the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, but her message that day continues to resonate. She asked for help dealing with a growing and alarming disconnect between the realities of science and public perception.
Ten years later, Mark Kurlansky of New York doesn't know much about Lubchenco, but agrees.
"It is too easily forgotten that nature will operate by its own rules," Kurlansky writes in his new book, "World Without Fish" (Workman Publishing; $16.95). "We can see our mistakes and correct them, but nature doesn't always wait for our corrections."
Kurlansky's book connects Lubchenco's dots.
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