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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Lauren E. OakesPublisher: Basic Books Imprint: Basic Books Dimensions: Width: 15.80cm , Height: 3.40cm , Length: 23.60cm Weight: 0.480kg ISBN: 9781541697126ISBN 10: 154169712 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 17 January 2019 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsIn a warming world, we need wisdom as well as knowledge; In Search of the Canary Tree is a rich source of both. Join Lauren Oakes in the fragile yellow-cedar forests of Alaska and discover not only how field ecologists do their work, but why. --Dan Fagin, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Toms River Through the lens of a majestic tree, Oakes tells a powerful, nuanced story of climate change and our response to it. Deftly crossing boundaries from the scientific to the personal and from the measurable to the immeasurable, she takes the reader on an extraordinary adventure from despair to faith. This book is a must-read for anyone looking for optimism about the future of our changing planet. --Juli Berwald, author of Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone We live in a moment of loss, and we are obligated not only to try and stop it, but to find the instances of resilience that can help us cope with that great tragedy. This book rises to the occasion! --Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature We live in a moment of loss, and we are obligated not only to try and stop it, but to find the instances of resilience that can help us cope with that great tragedy. This book rises to the occasion! --Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature In a warming world, we need wisdom as well as knowledge; In Search of the Canary Tree is a rich source of both. Join Lauren Oakes in the fragile yellow-cedar forests of Alaska and discover not only how field ecologists do their work, but why. --Dan Fagin, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Toms River Through the lens of a majestic tree, Oakes tells a powerful, nuanced story of climate change and our response to it. Deftly crossing boundaries from the scientific to the personal and from the measurable to the immeasurable, she takes the reader on an extraordinary adventure from despair to faith. This book is a must-read for anyone looking for optimism about the future of our changing planet. --Juli Berwald, author of Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone Through the lens of a majestic tree, Oakes tells a powerful, nuanced story of climate change and our response to it. Deftly crossing boundaries from the scientific to the personal and from the measurable to the immeasurable, she takes the reader on an extraordinary adventure from despair to faith. This book is a must-read for anyone looking for optimism about the future of our changing planet. --Juli Berwald, author of Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone We live in a moment of loss, and we are obligated not only to try and stop it, but to find the instances of resilience that can help us cope with that great tragedy. This book rises to the occasion! --Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature In a warming world, we need wisdom as well as knowledge; In Search of the Canary Tree is a rich source of both. Join Lauren Oakes in the fragile yellow-cedar forests of Alaska and discover not only how field ecologists do their work, but why. --Dan Fagin, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Toms River Author InformationLauren E. Oakes is a conservation scientist at the Wildlife Conservation Society and an adjunct professor in Earth System Science at Stanford University. She lives in Portola Valley, California and Bozeman, Montana. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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