In Search of the Canary Tree
Subtitle: the Story of a Scientist, a Cypress, and a Changing World
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2018
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9781541617438; 9781541617421
Subjects: Ecologists; Biography; Écologistes; Biographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY; Women; Science & Technology; NATURE; Essays; Reference; TRAVEL; Special Interest; Ecotourism
Description: The surprisingly hopeful story of one woman's search for resiliency in a warming world Several years ago, ecologist Lauren E. Oakes set out from California for Alaska's old-growth forests to hunt for a dying tree: the yellow-cedar. With climate change as the culprit, the death of this species meant loss for many Alaskans. Oakes and her research team wanted to chronicle how plants and people could cope with their rapidly changing world. Amidst the standing dead, she discovered the resiliency of forgotten forests, flourishing again in the wake of destruction, and a diverse community of people who persevered to create new relationships with the emerging environment. Eloquent, insightful, and deeply heartening, In Search of the Canary Tree is a case for hope in a warming world.
Table of contents: title: Ghosts and graveyards; title: Stand still; title: Fear and forests in changing climate; title: Solving puzzles; title: Countdown; title: Thrive; title: Coveted; title: Apart and a part; title: Saturation point; title: Measured and immeasurable; title: The greatest opportunity; title: The sentinels.