In Search of the Canary Tree
The Story of a Scientist, a Cypress, and a Changing World
Author: Lauren E. Oakes
Narrator: Ellen Archer
Unabridged: 8 hr 27 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 11/27/2018
Categories: Nonfiction, Science, Global Warming & Climate Change, Nature, Plants, Life Sciences, History, Native & Indigenous History, Native & Indigenous Nonfiction, Social Science, Native American Studies, Biography & Autobiography, Memoirs, US History, Technology & Engineering, Agriculture, Power Resources, Anthropology, Human Geography, Animals, Ecosystems & Habitats, Endangered Species, Natural Resources
Includes: Bonus Material
Synopsis
Several years ago, ecologist Lauren E. Oakes set out from California for Alaska's old-growth forests to hunt for a dying tree: the yellow-cedar. With climate change as the culprit, the death of this species meant loss for many Alaskans. Oakes and her research team wanted to chronicle how plants and people could cope with their rapidly changing world. Amidst the standing dead, she discovered the resiliency of forgotten forests, flourishing again in the wake of destruction, and a diverse community of people who persevered to create new relationships with the emerging environment. Eloquent, insightful, and deeply heartening, In Search of the Canary Tree is a case for hope in a warming world.