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Swamplands

Tundra Beavers, Quaking Bogs, and the Improbable World of Peat

by Edward Struzik
Christopher Grove
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In a world filled with breathtaking beauty, we have often overlooked the elusive charm and magic of certain landscapes. A cloudy river flows into a verdant Arctic wetland where sandhill cranes and muskoxen dwell. Further south, cypress branches hang low over dismal swamps. Places like these—collectively known as swamplands or peatlands—often go unnoticed for their ecological splendor. They are as globally significant as rainforests, and function as critical carbon sinks for addressing our climate crisis. Yet, because of their reputation as wastelands, they are being systematically drained and degraded to make way for oilsands, mines, farms, and electricity.

In Swamplands, journalist Edward Struzik celebrates these wild places, venturing into windswept bogs in Kauai and the last remnants of an ancient peatland in the Mojave Desert. The secrets of the swamp aren't for the faint of heart.
Swamplands highlights the unappreciated struggle being waged to save peatlands by scientists, conservationists, and landowners around the world. An ode to peaty landscapes in all their offbeat glory, the book is also a demand for awareness of the myriad threats they face. It urges us to see the beauty and importance in these least likely of places­. Our planet's survival might depend on it.

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    November 23, 2021

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      • ISBN: 9781666162950
      • File size: 305762 KB
      • Duration: 10:37:00

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Narrator Christopher Grove proves to be an able guide on this journey through swamps and fens around the world. With a sense of purpose and a growing tone of urgency, he delivers the author's case that these critical landscapes must be preserved. Edward Struzik explores the history and landscapes of the Great Dismal Swamp (Virginia), the vestiges of peatlands in the Mojave desert, Arctic wetlands, and other bogs and swamps around the world. Historically, escaped slaves found sanctuary in the deep, dark swamp--which their pursuers didn't dare enter. Grove translates Struzik's wonder at rare pitcher plants and songbirds, peat fires that smolder for years, and swamps' magical ability to suck up water during hurricanes and carbon during our climate crisis. A fascinating and educational listen. A.B. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine

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