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100 1  Rawlence, Ben,|eauthor. 
245 14 The treeline :|bthe last forest and the future of life on 
       earth /|cBen Rawlence. 
246 3  Tree-line : the last forest and the future of life on 
       Earth 
246 30 Last forest and the future of life on Earth 
246 30 Tree-line : the last forest and the future of life on 
       Earth Last forest and the future of life on Earth Future 
       of life on Earth 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bSt. Martin's Press,|c2022. 
264  4 |c©2022 
300    306 pages :|billustrations, map ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    "Map by Darren Bennett at DKB Creative Ltd ; illustrations
       by Lizzie Harper"-- Copyright page. 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 00 |tPrologue. Taxus baccata, yew (Wales) --|tThe zombie 
       forest. Pinus sylvestris, Scots pine (Scotland) --
       |tChasing reindeer. Betula pubescens, downy birch (Norway)
       --|tThe sleeping bear. Larix gmelinii, Dahurian larch 
       (Russia) --|tThe frontier. Picea glauca/Picea mariana, 
       white spruce/black spruce (Alaska) --|tThe forest in the 
       sea. Populus balsamifera, balsam poplar (Canada) --|tLast 
       tango with ice. Sorbus groenlandica, Greenland mountain 
       ash (Greenland) --|tEpilogue. Thinking like a forest --
       |tGlossary of trees. 
520    "In the tradition of Elizabeth Kolbert and Barry Lopez, a 
       powerful, poetic and deeply absorbing account of the 
       "lung" at the top of the world. For the last fifty years, 
       the trees of the boreal forest have been moving north. Ben
       Rawlence's The Treeline takes us along this critical 
       frontier of our warming planet from Norway to Siberia, 
       Alaska to Greenland, to meet the scientists, residents and
       trees confronting huge geological changes. Only the 
       hardest species survive at these latitudes including the 
       ice-loving Dahurian larch of Siberia, the antiseptic 
       Spruce that purifies our atmosphere, the Downy birch 
       conquering Scandinavia, the healing Balsam poplar that 
       Native Americans use as a cure-all and the noble Scots 
       Pine that lives longer when surrounded by its family. It 
       is a journey of wonder and awe at the incredible 
       creativity and resilience of these species and the 
       mysterious workings of the forest upon which we rely for 
       the air we breathe. Blending reportage with the latest 
       science, The Treeline is a story of what might soon be the
       last forest left and what that means for the future of all
       life on earth."--|cProvided by publisher. 
650  0 Timberline. 
650  0 Climatic changes. 
650  0 Trees|xClimatic factors. 
650  0 Biogeography|xClimatic factors. 
650  0 Trees|xEcophysiology.