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Author | : Annie Proulx |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2022-09-27 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1982173378 |
*Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker and Literary Hub!* *A 2022 NBCC Awards Nonfiction Finalist and a 2023 Phillip D. Reed Environmental Writing Award Finalist* From Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Proulx, this riveting deep dive into the history of our wetlands and what their systematic destruction means for the planet “is both an enchanting work of nature writing and a rousing call to action” (Esquire). “I learned something new—and found something amazing—on every page.” —Anthony Doerr, author of All the Light We Cannot See and Cloud Cuckoo Land A lifelong acolyte of the natural world, Annie Proulx brings her witness and research to the subject of wetlands and the vitally important role they play in preserving the environment—by storing the carbon emissions that accelerate climate change. Fens, bogs, swamps, and marine estuaries are crucial to the earth’s survival, and in four illuminating parts, Proulx documents their systemic destruction in pursuit of profit. In a vivid and revelatory journey through history, Proulx describes the fens of 16th-century England, Canada’s Hudson Bay lowlands, Russia’s Great Vasyugan Mire, and America’s Okeefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. She introduces the early explorers who launched the destruction of the Amazon rainforest, and writes of the diseases spawned in the wetlands—the Ague, malaria, Marsh Fever. A sobering look at the degradation of wetlands over centuries and the serious ecological consequences, this is “an unforgettable and unflinching tour of past and present, fixed on a subject that could not be more important” (Bill McKibben). “A stark but beautifully written Silent Spring–style warning from one of our greatest novelists.” —The Christian Science Monitor
Author | : Annie Proulx |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2023-06-27 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 198217336X |
"A lifelong acolyte of the natural world, Annie Proulx brings her witness and research to the subject of wetlands and the vitally important role they play in preserving the environment-by storing the carbon emissions that accelerate climate change. Fens, bogs, swamps, and marine estuaries are crucial to the earth's survival, and in four illuminating parts, Proulx documents their systemic destruction in pursuit of profit. In a vivid and revelatory journey through history, Proulx describes the fens of 16th-century England, Canada's Hudson Bay lowlands, Russia's Great Vasyugan Mire, and America's Okeefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. She introduces the early explorers who launched the destruction of the Amazon rainforest, and writes of the diseases spawned in the wetlands-the Ague, malaria, Marsh Fever. A sobering look at the degradation of wetlands over centuries and the serious ecological consequences, this is "an unforgettable and unflinching tour of past and present, fixed on a subject that could not be more important" (Bill McKibben)"--
Author | : Barbara Hurd |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780618215126 |
In these nine evocative essays, Barbara Hurd explores the seductive allure of bogs, swamps, and wetlands. Hurd's forays into the land of carnivorous plants, swamp gas, and bog men provide fertile ground for rich thoughts about mythology, literature, Eastern spirituality, and human longing. In her observations of these muddy environments, she finds ample metaphor for human creativity, 9imagination, and fear.
Author | : S. M. Haslam |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 311 |
Release | : 2003-08-15 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 0203634187 |
Wetlands are an important, and sadly diminishing, habitat in many parts of the world. They contribute significantly to the planet's biodiversity, housing thousands of species of plants and animals. Increasingly, human management is required to sustain, and even create these fragile ecosystems, while global changes in climate are also taking their t
Author | : Edward Struzik |
Publisher | : Island Press |
Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 2021-10-12 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1642830801 |
In a world filled with breathtaking beauty, we have often overlooked the elusive magic of certain landscapes. A cloudy river flows into an Arctic wetland where sandhill cranes and muskoxen dwell. Further south, cypress branches hang low over dismal swamps. Places like these-collectively known as swamplands or peatlands-often go unnoticed for their ecological splendor. They are as globally significant as rainforests, yet, because of their reputation as wastelands, they are being systematically drained and degraded. Swamplands celebrates these wild places, as journalist Edward Struzik highlights the unappreciated struggle to save peatlands by scientists, conservationists, and landowners around the world. An ode to peaty landscapes in all their offbeat glory, the book is also a demand for awareness of the myriad threats they face. It inspires us to see the beauty and importance in these least likely of places. Our planet's survival might depend on it.
Author | : John Eastman |
Publisher | : Stackpole Books |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 1995-03-01 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0811740218 |
Ecological approach to natural history provides complete descriptions of 80 common wetland plants.
Author | : Anthony John Poynter Gore |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Wetland ecology |
ISBN | : 9780444420046 |
Author | : Ronald B. Davis |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Bogs |
ISBN | : 9781611687934 |
The definitive guide to the flora of northeastern bogs and fens
Author | : Anthony John Poynter Gore |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 440 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780444417022 |
Author | : Donald D. Cox |
Publisher | : Syracuse University Press |
Total Pages | : 218 |
Release | : 2002-06-01 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0815651848 |
Here is a comprehensive, significant study of wetlands flora, which encompasses all members of the plant and fungi kingdoms. These include poisonous, hallucinogenic, medicinal, and edible plant life as well as native and non-native plants that have the potential to become troublesome weed species. Complete and accurate details are offered on plant collection and preservation. A special chapter provides nontechnical investigations and projects for those pursuing areas beyond the realm of gathering and identifying flora. Conservation and habitat preservation are emphasized throughout the book. Handsomely illustrated, informative, and easy to read, this hands-on guide will prove an accessible and invaluable companion to professional and amateur naturalists as well as to students and the general public.