In Search of the Canary Tree, Lauren E. Oakes
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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

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

The award-winning and surprisingly hopeful story of one woman's search for resiliency in a warming world

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.

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