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Author Oakes, Lauren, author.

Title In search of the canary tree : the story of a scientist, a cypress, and a changing world / Lauren E. Oakes ; illustrations by Kate Cahill & cartography by Erik Steiner.

Publication Info. New York : Basic Books, 2018.
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Location Call No. Status
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  577.3 OAK    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  577 OAKES    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description ix, 272 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Ghosts and graveyards -- Stand still -- Fear and forests in changing climate -- Solving puzzles -- Countdown -- Thrive -- Coveted -- Apart and a part -- Saturation point -- Measured and immeasurable -- The greatest opportunity -- The sentinels.
Summary 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.
Subject Oakes, Lauren.
Ecologists -- Biography.
Ecologists. (OCoLC)fst00901474
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology / General.
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Autobiographies.
ISBN 9781541697126 (hardcover)
154169712X (hardcover)
9781541617421 (ebook)
1541617428 (ebook)
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