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03198aam a2200565 i 4500 001 A9C52D9ADF4011EDB3D0558832ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230420010033 008 221005t20232022||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 010 $a 2022042541 020 $a 9798885786232 035 $a (OCoLC)1351473302 040 $d TxAuBib $e rda $d SILO 100 1 $a Proulx, Annie, $e author. 245 1 $a Fen, bog & swamp $h [large print] : $b a short history of peatland destruction and its role in the climate crisis / $c Annie Proulx. 246 3 $a Fen, bog, and swamp. 250 $a Large print edition. 264 1 $a Waterville, ME : $b Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, $c 2023. 300 $a 291 pages (large print) : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Thorndike Press large print nonfiction 490 1 $a Thorndike Press large print nonfiction series 500 $a Originally published: New York : Scribner, 2022. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-288). 520 $a "A lifelong environmentalist, Annie Proulx brings her wide-ranging research and scholarship to the subject of wetlands and the vitally important yet little understood role they play in preserving the environment--by storing the carbon emissions that greatly contribute to climate change. Fens, bogs, swamps, and marine estuaries are the earth's most desirable and dependable resources, and in four stunning parts, Proulx documents the long-misunderstood role of these wetlands in saving the planet. Taking us on a fascinating journey through history, Proulx shows us the fens of 16th-century England to Canada's Hudson Bay lowlands, Russia's Great Vasyugan Mire, America's Okeefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, and the 19th-century explorers who began the destruction of the Amazon rainforest. Along the way, she writes of the diseases spawned in the wetlands--the Ague, malaria, Marsh Fever--and the surprisingly significant role of peat in industrialization. A sobering look at the degradation of wetlands over centuries and the serious ecological consequences, this is a stunningly important work and a rousing call to action by a writer whose passionate devotion to understanding and preserving the environment is on full and glorious display"-- $c Provided by publisher. 541 $d 20230130. 650 $a Fens. 650 $a Fens. $x Climatic factors. 650 1 $a Swamps. 650 1 $a Swamps. $x Climatic factors. 650 $a Bogs. 650 $a Bogs. $x Climatic factors. 650 $a Peatlands. 650 $a Peatlands. $x Climatic factors. 650 $a Wetlands. 650 $a Wetlands. $x Climatic factors. 650 7 $a Large type books. 650 7 $a Bogs. 650 7 $a Fens. 650 7 $a Peatlands. 650 7 $a Swamps. 650 7 $a Wetlands. 650 7 $a Large print books. 830 $a Thorndike Press large print nonfiction. 830 $a Thorndike Press large print nonfiction series. 941 $a 3 945 $a lpt 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010032103.0 952 $l XAPE737 $d 20230802013821.0 952 $l DBPE173 $d 20230420010107.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A9C52D9ADF4011EDB3D0558832ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search