"Lakes is my favorite kind of natural history: meticulously
researched, timely, comprehensive, and written with imagination and
verve."--Jerry Dennis, author of The Living Great Lakes Lakes might
be the most misunderstood bodies of water on earth. And while they
may seem commonplace, without lakes our world would never be the
same. In this revealing look at these lifegiving treasures, John
Richard Saylor shows us just how deep our connection to still
waters run. Lakes is an illuminating tour through the most
fascinating lakes around the world. Whether it's Lake Vostok,
located more than two miles beneath the surface of Antarctica,
whose water was last exposed to the atmosphere perhaps a million
years ago; Lake Baikal in southern Siberia, the world's deepest and
oldest lake formed by a rift in the earth's crust; or Lake Nyos,
the so-called Killer Lake that exploded in 1986, resulting in
hundreds of deaths, Saylor reveals to us the wonder that exists in
lakes found throughout the world. Along the way we learn all the
many forms that lakes take--how they come to be and how they feed
and support ecosystems--and what happens when lakes vanish.
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