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008			210922s2022 nyu b 001 0 eng
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020			_a1250270235 _q(hardcover)
020			_a9781250270238 _q(hardcover)
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050	0	0	_aQK938 .F6 _bR37 2022
092			_a577.3 RAW
100	1		_aRawlence, Ben,
245	1	4	_aThe treeline : _bthe last forest and the future of life on earth / _cBen Rawlence.
250			_aFirst edition.
263			_a2202.
264		1	_aNew York : _bSt. Martin's Press, _c2022.
300			_a306 pages : _billustrations; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aPrologue. Taxus baccata, yew (Wales) -- The zombie forest. Pinus sylvestris, Scots pine (Scotland) -- Chasing reindeer. Betula pubescens, downy birch (Norway) -- The sleeping bear. Larix gmelinii, Dahurian larch (Russia) -- The frontier. Picea glauca/Picea mariana, white spruce/black spruce (Alaska) -- The forest in the sea. Populus balsamifera, balsam poplar (Canada) -- Last tango with ice. Sorbus groenlandica, Greenland mountain ash (Greenland) -- Epilogue. Thinking like a forest -- Glossary of trees.
520			_a"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, 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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aBiogeography _xClimatic factors.
650		0	_aClimatic changes.
650		0	_aTimberline.
650		0	_aTrees _xClimatic factors.
650		0	_aTrees _xEcophysiology.
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