Islands of abandonment : nature rebounding in the post-human landscape / Cal Flyn.
Record details
- ISBN: 1984878190 : HRD
- ISBN: 9781984878199 : HRD
- ISBN: 9781984878199
- ISBN: 1984878190
- ISBN: 9781984878212
- ISBN: 1984878212
- Physical Description: 372 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York : Viking, [2021]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary, etc.: | "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"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Subject: | Restoration ecology. Resilience (Ecology) Environmental disasters. Ecosystem health. Landscape changes. Nature > Effect of human beings on. |
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- 9 of 9 copies available at Bibliomation.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Stafford Library. (Show)
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- 2 current holds with 9 total copies.
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Stafford Library | 333.731 FLYN (Text) | 34061088406022 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Beekley Community Library - New Hartford | 333.731 FLYN, C. (Text) | 32544072741324 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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34027142778391 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Killingworth Library Association | 333.7315 FLY (Text) | 33420149179948 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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Islands of Abandonment : Nature Rebounding in the Post-Human Landscape
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Islands of Abandonment : Nature Rebounding in the Post-Human Landscape
A beautiful, lyrical exploration of the places where nature is flourishing in our absence "[Flyn] captures the dread, sadness, and wonder of beholding the results of humanity's destructive impulse, and she arrives at a new appreciation of life, 'all the stranger and more valuable for its resilence.'" --The New Yorker 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 is a case that hope is far from lost, and it is ultimately a story of redemption: the most polluted spots on Earth can be rehabilitated through ecological processes and, in fact, they already are.