Rachel Carson Research Paper

Rachel Carson was a writer, scientist, and ecologist. She grew up simply in a rural river town of Springdale, Pennsylvania. Rachel Carson’s mother is why she had a long love the of nature and the living world. Rachel Carson, first expressed herself as a writer and then she later became a student of marine biology. In 1929, Rachel Carson graduated from the Pennsylvania College for Women. She studied at the Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory. In 1932, Rachel Carson, also received her MA in zoology from Johns Hopkins University. Rachel Carson was later hired by the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries. During the depression, Rachel Carson wrote radio scripts and got her income by writing articles on natural history for the Baltimore Sun newspaper. In
1936, Rachel Carson began her fifteen year career as a scientist and editor in the federal service. Later, for the U.
S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Rachel Carson rose to become the editor in chief of all publications.Rachel Carson wrote pamphlets and paper on natural resources, conservation, and edited scientific articles. But, when it came to her free time she turned her government research into lyric prose. For example, she turned an article named the "Undersea" into a book named, Under the Sea-Wind. Then, she published her study of the ocean, The Sea Around Us, in 1952, which was followed by another one of her works named, The Edge of the Sea in the year, 1955.These work consisted of a biography of the ocean and made Rachel Carson famous as a naturalist and science writer to the public. In 1952, Rachel Carson resigned from government service so she could devote herself to her writing.She wrote a bunch of other articles made to teach people about the wonder and beauty of the living world. For example, her works named "Help Your Child to Wonder," in 1956 and "Our Ever-Changing Shore" in 1957. Rachel Carson planned another work on the life ecology. Within all of Rachel Carson’s writing, there was the view of human beings, but one part of nature is different, primarily by their power to alter things and some cases
irreversible. The wastefulness of resources were disturbed by use of synthetic chemical components after World War II. Rachel Carson reluctantly changed her focus so she can be able to warn the public about the long-term effects of misusing chemical components. In 1962, in her work, Silent Spring, she challenged the ways of the the government and agricultural scientists. Rachel Carson, also, called for a change view that humans have on the natural world. Rachel Carson was attacked by the chemical industry. Also, by some people in government and targeted as an alarmist, but Rachel Carson courageously spoke out to the people, to remind the, that humans are a vulnerable part of the natural world. Also we the humans, are subject to the same amount damage as the rest of the ecosystem. In 1963, Rachel Carson testified before Congress, she called/stated new policies to protect humans and the environment. In 1964, Rachel Carson died after a long battle against breast cancer. The witness of hers, for the beauty and integrity of life continued to inspire future generations to protect the natural and living world along with all its creatures.