Boglands: The Hidden World of Earth's Most Extraordinary Ecosystems
Autor Merritt Turetskyen Limba Engleză Hardback – 17 sep 2026
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781805221401
ISBN-10: 180522140X
Pagini: 240
Ilustrații: 8pp section
Dimensiuni: 142 x 218 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.37 kg
Ediția:Main
Editura: Profile
Colecția Profile Books
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 180522140X
Pagini: 240
Ilustrații: 8pp section
Dimensiuni: 142 x 218 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.37 kg
Ediția:Main
Editura: Profile
Colecția Profile Books
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Dr Merritt Turetsky is an internationally acclaimed climate scientist, renowned for her research and teaching on bogs. She's published hundreds of scientific articles on bogs' importance to global climate and provides counsel to governments, northern communities, and professional networks from around the world to better understand the importance of bogs to the global climate. Turetsky is a founding member and advisory board member of the international Permafrost Carbon Network, an advisor to NASA's Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment, and from 2020-2022 she was named a Web of Science's Highly Cited Researcher. In addition to her published academic research, Dr Turetsky serves as the science advisor to the magazine EOS, has written for The Conversation, and regularly appears on TV including on CNN, PBS Newshour, BBC, and her own science program on Canada's CTV.
Recenzii
Merritt Turetsky is so enraptured by bogs, so full of wide-eyed passion for them, and so skilled at recasting them as the magical wonderlands that they secretly are, that you cannot help but be swept away
Full of enchantment and drama ... Turetsky makes the case for bogs as protective forces against climate change, as repositories of history, as zones of freedom and safety...[in] a transporting book and a persuasive call to action
Boglands is one of those rare and exciting books that can change bad situations. A rich and loving appreciation of the world-wide kingdom of sphagnum bogs. Turetsky asks readers to help her support and rescue the world's endangered boglands. If you enjoy breathing, you should answer the call
Arresting ... Turetsky finds beauty in dank, soggy places ... This is one of those books which takes what might seem a byway of nature and demonstrates how it can change not just lives, but your life
We usually value landscapes for what we can see, but, as Turetsky shows, much of the richness and mystery of boglands is underground ... [she] offers a tour of her favorite boglands from across the globe, guiding readers through the intricate science of these ecosystems and helping us understand the resilience of the plant, animal and human life there. [This] book is an urgent call to save our remaining boglands.
The ecologist Turetsky transports readers deep into the mysterious terrain of the bog - somewhere between land and water - to explore its rich history and ecological importance. From Borneo to Greece to Greenland, Turetsky makes a passionate case for these wetlands as both eerie preservers of the human past and models of symbiotic existence
A beautiful ode to one of Earth's most overlooked environments, Merritt Turetsky reveals the rich histories and ecological wonders buried in bogs around the world
Writing with a love and intimacy born from decades of immersion in these undervalued landscapes, Merritt Turetsky takes readers deep into boglands to witness the surprising beauty of peat: its mystery, its plants and animals, its crucial role in the future of Earth's climate
A beguiling invitation to challenge how you see the natural world
Full of enchantment and drama ... Turetsky makes the case for bogs as protective forces against climate change, as repositories of history, as zones of freedom and safety...[in] a transporting book and a persuasive call to action
Boglands is one of those rare and exciting books that can change bad situations. A rich and loving appreciation of the world-wide kingdom of sphagnum bogs. Turetsky asks readers to help her support and rescue the world's endangered boglands. If you enjoy breathing, you should answer the call
Arresting ... Turetsky finds beauty in dank, soggy places ... This is one of those books which takes what might seem a byway of nature and demonstrates how it can change not just lives, but your life
We usually value landscapes for what we can see, but, as Turetsky shows, much of the richness and mystery of boglands is underground ... [she] offers a tour of her favorite boglands from across the globe, guiding readers through the intricate science of these ecosystems and helping us understand the resilience of the plant, animal and human life there. [This] book is an urgent call to save our remaining boglands.
The ecologist Turetsky transports readers deep into the mysterious terrain of the bog - somewhere between land and water - to explore its rich history and ecological importance. From Borneo to Greece to Greenland, Turetsky makes a passionate case for these wetlands as both eerie preservers of the human past and models of symbiotic existence
A beautiful ode to one of Earth's most overlooked environments, Merritt Turetsky reveals the rich histories and ecological wonders buried in bogs around the world
Writing with a love and intimacy born from decades of immersion in these undervalued landscapes, Merritt Turetsky takes readers deep into boglands to witness the surprising beauty of peat: its mystery, its plants and animals, its crucial role in the future of Earth's climate
A beguiling invitation to challenge how you see the natural world