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Can I read Islands of Abandonment : Nature Rebounding in the Post-Human Landscape on EtoBox?

Islands of Abandonment : Nature Rebounding in the Post-Human Landscape by Cal Flyn is a science book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Islands of Abandonment : Nature Rebounding in the Post-Human Landscape about?

"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 degra

Who reads Islands of Abandonment : Nature Rebounding in the Post-Human Landscape?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Cal Flyn
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Published
2021
Language
EN
ISBN
9781984878205
Category
science
Subjects
Nature, History, Biology
Rating
4.5 / 5 (746 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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