The Treeline

The Treeline
Author: Ben Rawlence
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2022-02-15
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1250270243

Winner of the 2023 Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism "Original and readable." ―Financial Times' Best Environmental Books of 2022 "Superb, inspiring." ―Winner, National Academies of Science Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications “Illuminating.” —Silver Medalist, National Outdoor Book Awards Longlisted for the American Library Association's 2023 Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction Finalist, 2023 Banff Mountain Book Competition Finalist, 2023 Dayton Literary Peace Prize In the tradition of Elizabeth Kolbert and Barry Lopez, a powerful, poetic and deeply absorbing account of the “lung” at the top of the world. For the last fifty years, the trees of the boreal forest have been moving north. Ben Rawlence's The Treeline takes us along this critical frontier of our warming planet from Norway to Siberia, Alaska to Greenland, Canada to Sweden to meet the scientists, residents and trees confronting huge geological changes. Only the hardest species survive at these latitudes including the ice-loving Dahurian larch of Siberia, the antiseptic Spruce that purifies our atmosphere, the Downy birch conquering Scandinavia, the healing Balsam poplar that Native Americans use as a cure-all and the noble Scots Pine that lives longer when surrounded by its family. It is a journey of wonder and awe at the incredible creativity and resilience of these species and the mysterious workings of the forest upon which we rely for the air we breathe. Blending reportage with the latest science, The Treeline is a story of what might soon be the last forest left and what that means for the future of all life on earth.

Belonging

Belonging
Author: Amanda Thomson
Publisher: Canongate Books
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2022-08-04
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1838854738

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING 2023 LONGLISTED FOR THE KAVYA PRIZE 2024 LONGLISTED FOR THE HIGHLAND BOOK PRIZE 2022 Reflecting on family, identity and nature, belonging is a personal memoir about what it is to have and make a home. It is a love letter to nature, especially the northern landscapes of Scotland and the Scots pinewoods of Abernethy. Beautifully written and featuring Amanda Thomson's artwork and photography throughout, it explores how place, language and family shape us and make us who we are. It is a book about how we are held in thrall to elements of our past. It speaks to the importance of attention and reflection, and will encourage us all to look and observe and ask questions of ourselves.

The Nature of the Cairngorms

The Nature of the Cairngorms
Author: Philip Shaw
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Total Pages: 463
Release: 2006-06-12
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0114973261

The Cairngorms area is arguably the most significant for nature conservation in the British Isles and contains its largest National Park. In this book, 35 authors, drawing on published and unpublished sources, present an up-to-date review of the area's natural features, including plants, animals, habitats, geology and landforms. The review falls into three parts. The first and largest part describes the area's rich diversity of nature, with each chapter summarising recent research findings, trends and conservation issues for a different landform, habitat or species group. The second part considers deer management, recreation and projected climate change impacts. Part three focuses on rare and threatened species, and identifies areas and habitats rich in species for which the Cairngorms are nationally and internationally important.

Fungal Conservation

Fungal Conservation
Author: British Mycological Society. Symposium
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2001-06-14
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780521803632

This book considers the issues involved in fungal conservation and provides practical guidance for management of nature in ways beneficial to fungi.

A Tale of Trees

A Tale of Trees
Author: Derek Niemann
Publisher: Short Books
Total Pages: 159
Release: 2013-10-03
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1780722761

We are a nation that loves its ancient woods and trees. But in the space of just 40 years, more than a third of our ancient woods were destroyed. How and why did this happen? A Tale of Trees is the untold story of how we nearly lost our greatest national treasure.

Mountains of Northern Europe

Mountains of Northern Europe
Author: Scottish Natural Heritage
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Total Pages: 424
Release: 2005-10-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780114973193

This publication contains the proceedings of an international conference, held in Pitlochry, Scotland in November 2002, to mark the UN International Year of Mountains 2002. The conference participants discussed the state of current knowledge about the mountains of Northern Europe and considered issues arising from the interactions between people and nature, and the conservation and sustainable development activities needed to benefit the natural heritage of mountain regions in the UK, Norway and Sweden, Finland and Iceland.

A Less Green and Pleasant Land

A Less Green and Pleasant Land
Author: Norman Maclean
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 425
Release: 2015-04-16
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1107673232

This definitive survey reveals the changing nature of our wildlife, why we should be concerned, and what we can do about it.

Surreal-ism

Surreal-ism
Author: Paul Cox
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 593
Release: 2008-04-01
Genre: English fiction
ISBN: 1848760760

This book is a varied collection of short stories which deal with various themes and draw upon the author's real-life experiences.

Greenshanks

Greenshanks
Author: Desmond Nethersole-Thompson
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2010-11-30
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1408137356

Desmond Nethersole-Thompson has been studying his favourite bird, the greenshank Tringa nebularia, since May 1932. This book, published in 1976, owes much to the interest, almost an obsession, of the Nethersole-Thompson family. The two girls and four boys, as well as both parents, now work as a team in the wild and beautiful north-west Highlands of Scotland. Greenshanks has drawn heavily on the team's field notebooks. In the gneiss country of Sutherland, so different from the forest bogs of Spey Valley, Fennoscandia and the Soviet Union, they have particularly concentrated on the greenshank's displays and breeding, food and feeding behaviour and its remarkable voice. There can be few long-term projects on waders to equal this made by the Nethersole-Thompsons, and there are valuable specialist contributions by other eminent ornithologists. Greenshanks is a major contribution to bird studies and takes its place beside Desmond Nethersole-Thompson's four earlier monographs. The illustrations in colour and monochrome by Donald Watson have all the veracity and atmosphere that one has come to expect of this gifted artist.

Native Woodlands of Scotland

Native Woodlands of Scotland
Author: Scott Wilson
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2015-04-26
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 074869286X

This book presents up-to-date information about Scotland's native woodlands. It draws upon professional experience of scientific research, survey and management, where the author has studied many important native woodlands in Scotland and beyond.