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02668aam a2200349 i 4500 001 57020D00F4E911EBA186761358ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210804010022 008 200901t20212021enkaf b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 0008329761 020 $a 9780008329761 020 $a 000832977X 020 $a 9780008329778 035 $a (OCoLC)1222799221 040 $a UKMGB $b eng $e rda $c UKMGB $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d OCLCO $d NZAUC $d OCL $d SILO 050 4 $a QH541.15 R45 F59 2021 100 1 $a Flyn, Cal, $e author. 245 10 $a Islands of abandonment : $b life in the post-human landscape / $c Cal Flyn. 264 1 $a London : $b William Collins, $c 2021. 300 $a 376 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : $b color illustrations ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a In absentia -- Those who remain -- The long shadow -- Endgame. 520 $a As if Annie Dillard walked into THE WORLD WITHOUT US: a beautiful, lyrical exploration of the places where nature is flourishing in our absence Some of the only truly feral cattle in the world wander a long-abandoned island off the northernmost tip of Scotland. A variety of wildlife not seen in many lifetimes has rebounded on the irradiated grounds of Chernobyl. A lush forest supports thousands of species that are extinct or endangered everywhere else on earth in the Korean peninsula's narrow DMZ. Cal Flyn, an investigative journalist, exceptional nature writer, and promising new literary voice visits the eeriest and most desolate places on Earth that due to war, disaster, disease, or economic decay, have been abandoned by humans. What she finds every time is an "island" of teeming new life: nature has rushed in to fill the void faster and more thoroughly than even the most hopeful projections of scientists. ISLANDS OF ABANDONMENT is a tour through these new ecosystems, in all their glory, as sites of unexpected environmental significance, where the natural world has reasserted its wild power and promise. And while it doesn't let us off the hook for addressing environmental degradation and climate change, it's a case that hope is far from lost, and is ultimately a story of redemption. The most polluted spots on Earth can be rehabilitated through ecological processes, and in fact they already are. 650 0 $a Restoration ecology. 650 0 $a Extinct cities. 650 0 $a Human ecology. 650 0 $a Nature $x Effect of human beings on. 776 08 $i ebook version : $z 9780008329785 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20240202025916.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=57020D00F4E911EBA186761358ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search