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Despite growing evidence of geothermic activity under America's
first and foremost national park, it took geologists a long time to
realize that there was actually a volcano beneath Yellowstone. And
then, why couldn't they find the caldera or crater? Because, as an
aerial photograph finally revealed, the caldera is 45 miles wide,
encompassing all of Yellowstone. What will happen, in human terms,
when it erupts?
Greg Breining explores the shocking answer to this question and
others in a scientific yet accessible look at the enormous natural
disaster brewing beneath the surface of the United States.
Yellowstone is one of the world's five "super volcanoes." When it
erupts, much of the nation will be hit hard.
Though historically Yellowstone has erupted about every 600,000
years, it has not done so for 630,000, meaning it is 30,000 years
overdue. Starting with a scenario of what will happen when
Yellowstone blows, this fascinating study describes how volcanoes
function and includes a timeline of famous volcanic eruptions
throughout history.
The world’s leading wolf expert describes the first years of a
major study that transformed our understanding of one of nature’s
most iconic creatures In the late 1940s, a small pack of wolves
crossed the ice of Lake Superior to the island wilderness of Isle
Royale, creating a perfect “laboratory” for a long-term study
of predators and prey. As the wolves hunted and killed the
island’s moose, a young graduate student named Dave Mech began
research that would unlock the mystery of one of nature’s most
revered (and reviled) animals—and eventually became an
internationally renowned and respected wolf expert. This is the
story of those early years. Wolf Island recounts three
extraordinary summers and winters Mech spent on the isolated
outpost of Isle Royale National Park, tracking and observing wolves
and moose on foot and by airplane—and upending the common
misperception of wolves as destructive killers of insatiable
appetite. Mech sets the scene with one of his most thrilling
encounters: witnessing an aerial view of a spectacular hunt, then
venturing by snowshoe (against the pilot’s warning) to photograph
the pack of hungry wolves at their kill. Wolf Island owes as
much to the spirit of adventure as to the impetus of scientific
curiosity. Written with science and outdoor writer Greg Breining,
who recorded hours of interviews with Mech and had access to his
journals and field notes from those years, the book captures the
immediacy of scientific fieldwork in all its triumphs and
frustrations. It takes us back to the beginning of a classic
environmental study that continues today, spanning nearly sixty
years—research and experiences that would transform one of the
most despised creatures on Earth into an icon of wilderness and
ecological health.
A true story of adventure and a two-year quest to navigate the
greatest of the Great Lakes. An avid history buff, Breining follows
the routes of the Ojibwa and the voyageurs. He explores the mix of
cultures that created the Lake Superior region we know today.
Illustrated throughout with the author's striking photos, "Wild
Shore" will be a welcome book to those who love the beauty of Lake
Superior, to adventures, and to armchair travelers everywhere.
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