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Witness Tree - Seasons of Change with a Century-Old Oak (Paperback)
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Witness Tree - Seasons of Change with a Century-Old Oak (Paperback)
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Discovery Miles 4 620
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Seasonal changes in nature are among the most readily observable
clues to the biological effects of climate change. "It came to me,"
writes acclaimed environment reporter Lynda Mapes, "You could tell
the story of climate change-and more-through a single, beloved,
living thing: a tree." Mapes chronicles her yearlong quest to
understand a wizened witness to our world: a red oak, over one
hundred years old, in the Harvard Forest. A tree that has seen it
all, from our changing relationship with nature in our
industrialized and digitized lives to the altered clockwork of
nature. Mapes evokes the wonder and joy of forests, and the poetics
and botany of trees, living intimately with her oak through four
seasons. She dives deeply into the world of self-described "tree
geeks" and becomes one herself, exploring her tree from roots to
crown. She also offers a clear-eyed assessment of what the tree
tells us about climate change, from the heartwood at its core to
the photosynthetic cycle deep in its leaves. Mixing storytelling,
tree lore, and cutting-edge science, Mapes offers a new approach to
thinking about how we might live together into the far future on a
planet we have changed in ways we never intended-and how trees help
show us the way.
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