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Swamplands : tundra beavers, quaking bogs, and the improbable world of peat / Edward Struzik.

by Struzik, Edward, 1954-

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Island Press, 2021.

Peatland ecology.

9781642830804 (hc)

Alternate title:

Tundra beavers, quaking bogs, and the improbable world of peat

xiii, 297 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"In a world filled with breathtaking beauty, we have often overlooked the elusive charm and magic of certain landscapes. A cloudy river flows into a verdant Arctic wetland where sandhill cranes and muskoxen 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, and function as critical carbon sinks for addressing our climate crisis. Yet, because of their reputation as wastelands, they are being systematically drained and degraded to make way for oilsands, mines, farms, and electricity... Swamplands highlights the unappreciated struggle being waged to save peatlands by scientists, conservationists, and landowners around the world. An ode to peaty landscapes in all their offbeat glory, the book is also a demand for awareness of the myriad threats they face. It urges us to see the beauty and importance in these least likely of places℗Ư. Our planet's survival might depend on it."--Publisher.

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