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Fen, Bog & Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis

Annie Proulx

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Fen, Bog & Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis

In a vivid and revelatory journey through history, Proulx describes the fens of 16th-century England, Canada's Hudson Bay lowlands, Russia's Great Vasyugan Mire, and America's Okeefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. She introduces the early explorers who launched the destruction of the Amazon rainforest, and writes of the diseases spawned in the wetlands - the Ague, malaria, Marsh Fever.

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Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Year
2023
ISBN-13
9781982173364
Genre
Science & Technology
Topics
Peatland ecosystemsClimate crisisEnvironmental history

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