Description: Swamplands : Tundra Beavers, Quaking Bogs, and the Improbable World of Peat, Hardcover by Struzik, Edward, ISBN 1642830801, ISBN-13 9781642830804, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "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 musk oxen 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 drainedand 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, th is also a demand for awareness of the myriad threats they face"--
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Book Title: Swamplands : Tundra Beavers, Quaking Bogs, and the Improbable World of Peat
Number of Pages: 312 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Island Press
Item Height: 1 in
Publication Year: 2021
Topic: Environmental Conservation & Protection, General, Ecosystems & Habitats / Lakes, Ponds & Swamps, Life Sciences / Biology
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Nature, Science
Item Weight: 19.1 Oz
Author: Edward Struzik
Item Length: 9.2 in
Item Width: 6.2 in
Format: Hardcover
