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001			on1196821280
003			OCoLC
005			20240115152608.0
008			200916s2021 nyu b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2020041722
019			_a1202297992 _a1244273618 _a1248724901 _a1250391491
020			_a1984878190 _q(hardcover)
020			_a1984878212 _q(trade paperback)
020			_a9781984878199 _q(hardcover)
020			_a9781984878212 _q(trade paperback)
020			_z9781984878205 _q(ebook)
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dOCLCF _dOCLCO _dYDX _dBDX _dTOH _dCGB _dJTH _dUOK _dMiTN
042			_apcc
050	0	0	_aQH541.15 .R45 _bF59 2021
082	0	0	_a333.73/153 _223
092			_a333.73153 F6791i 2021
100	1		_aFlyn, Cal
245	1	0	_aIslands of abandonment : _bnature rebounding in the post-human landscape / _cCal Flyn.
250			_aFirst American edition.
263			_a2106
264		1	_aNew York : _bViking, an imprint of Penguin Random House, _c[2021]
264		4	_c©2021
300			_a372 pages : _billustrations ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"As if Annie Dillard walked into THE WORLD WITHOUT US: a beautiful, lyrical exploration of the places where nature is flourishing in our absence. Some of the only truly feral cattle in the world wander a long-abandoned island off the northernmost tip of Scotland. A variety of wildlife not seen in many lifetimes has rebounded on the irradiated grounds of Chernobyl. A lush forest supports thousands of species that are extinct or endangered everywhere else on earth in the Korean peninsula's narrow DMZ. Cal Flyn, an investigative journalist, exceptional nature writer, and promising new literary voice visits the eeriest and most desolate places on Earth that due to war, disaster, disease, or economic decay, have been abandoned by humans. What she finds every time is an "island" of teeming new life: nature has rushed in to fill the void faster and more thoroughly than even the most hopeful projections of scientists. ISLANDS OF ABANDONMENT is a tour through these new ecosystems, in all their glory, as sites of unexpected environmental significance, where the natural world has reasserted its wild power and promise. And while it doesn't let us off the hook for addressing environmental degradation and climate change, it's a case that hope is far from lost, and is ultimately a story of redemption. The most polluted spots on Earth can be rehabilitated through ecological processes, and in fact they already are"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aEcosystem health
650		0	_aEnvironmental disasters
650		0	_aLandscape changes
650		0	_aNature _xEffect of human beings on
650		0	_aResilience (Ecology)
650		0	_aRestoration ecology
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aFlyn, Cal, _tIslands of abandonment _dNew York : Viking, 2021. _z9781984878205 _w(DLC) 2020041723
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