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- What are wetlands? / by Kalman, Bobbie,1947-; Bishop, Amanda.;
This book investigates some types of wetlands, including swamps, marshes, bogs, and fens; the many plants and animals that live in wetlands; and the threats to these ecosystems.- Subjects: Wetlands.; Wetland ecology.; Ecology.;
- © c2003., Crabtree Publishing,
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- Who needs a swamp? : a wetland ecosystem / by Patkau, Karen.;
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- Subjects: Swamp ecology; Swamps; Wetland ecology; Wetlands;
- © c2012., Tundra Books,
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- Adapting to the environment / by Cerfolli, Fulvio.; Stalio, Ivan.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Describes how animals in different regions adapt to their environment in order to survive, discussing such habitats as deserts, freshwater wetlands, and the sea.- Subjects: Animals; Habitat (Ecology); Ecology;
- © c1999., Raintree Steck-Vaughn,
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- Fen, bog, & swamp : a short history of peatland destruction and its role in the climate crisis / by Proulx, Annie,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."A lifelong environmentalist, Annie Proulx brings her wide-ranging research and scholarship to the subject of wetlands and the vitally important yet little understood role they play in preserving the environment--by storing the carbon emissions that greatly contribute to climate change. Fens, bogs, swamps, and marine estuaries are the earth's most desirable and dependable resources, and in four stunning parts, Proulx documents the long-misunderstood role of these wetlands in saving the planet. Taking us on a fascinating journey through history, Proulx shows us the fens of 16th-century England to Canada's Hudson Bay lowlands, Russia's Great Vasyugan Mire, America's Okeefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, and the 19th-century explorers who began the destruction of the Amazon rainforest. Along the way, she writes of the diseases spawned in the wetlands--the Ague, malaria, Marsh Fever--and the surprisingly significant role of peat in industrialization. A sobering look at the degradation of wetlands over centuries and the serious ecological consequences, this is a stunningly important work and a rousing call to action by a writer whose passionate devotion to understanding and preserving the environment is on full and glorious display"--- Subjects: Bog ecology.; Climatic changes.; Fen ecology.; Peatland ecology.; Peatlands.; Swamps.;
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- Hope dies last : visionary people across the world, fighting to find us a future / by Weisman, Alan,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-482) and index."In this profoundly human and moving narrative, the bestselling author of The World Without Us returns with a book ten years in the making: a study of the precarious state of our planet and what it means to be a human on the front lines of this existential crisis. His new book, Hope Dies Last, is a literary evocation of our current predicament and the core optimism of the human species against the worst odds we have ever faced. To write this book, Weisman has travelled the globe witnessing the devastation of climate change and meeting the people striving to mitigate and undo our past transgressions. From the flooding Marshall Islands to wetlands renewal in Iraq, and from the Netherlands to the Korean DMZ to cities and coastlines in the U.S. and around the world, he has witnessed personally the best of humanity battling the heat, the hunger, and the rising tides. He profiles the work of big thinkers -- engineers, scientists, economists, and psychiatrists -- as they devise innovative and wildly creative responses to an uncertain and frightening future. We are at an unprecedented point in history, as our collective exploits on this planet are leading us to our own undoing, and we could be one of the species marching toward extinction. A remedy to climate anxiety by one of our most important voices on humans' relationship with the Earth, Hope Dies Last fills a crucial gap in the global conversation: Now that we have passed the point of no return in our battle against climate change, how do we feel, behave, act, plan, and dream as we approach a future decidedly different from what we had expected"--- Subjects: Human ecology.; Nature; Sustainability.;
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