Canopy of Titans: The Life and Times of the Great North American Temperate Rainforest

"Trees are crucial in preserving a liveable future. Canopy of Titans makes an eloquent plea for saving...
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Author: Jessica Applegate
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Canopy of Titans: The Life and Times of the Great North American Temperate Rainforest by Applegate, Jessica

Canopy of Titans: The Life and Times of the Great North American Temperate Rainforest

$67.83

Canopy of Titans: The Life and Times of the Great North American Temperate Rainforest

$67.83
Author: Jessica Applegate
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

"Trees are crucial in preserving a liveable future. Canopy of Titans makes an eloquent plea for saving one of North America's last great forests."
-- Elizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

Canopy of Titans examines the global importance of the Pacific Coastal Temperate Rainforest that stretches from Northern California to Alaska and catalogs the threats to this vital environmental resource.


The product of years of on-the-ground reporting, this richly illustrated book celebrates the beauty and complexity of one of the world's great forests. It provides readers with easy-to-grasp insights into the science behind carbon sequestration and the value of forests as climate mitigation. The story is organized along two broad narratives: A geographical arc runs from south-to-north beginning with the redwood forest of Northern California and ending in the Tongass National Forest in Alaska. A temporal arc starts with wildfires raging across the American West in the summer of 2020 and ends at the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow in November 2021, with many historical flashbacks in between.


Along the way, Applegate and Koberstein pull back the curtain on policies of governmental bodies that have seriously diminished the rainforest's capacity to store carbon, and uncover industry practices that have led to the destruction of swaths of a major ecological resource. Additionally, using an environmental justice perspective, the book shines a light on the indigenous communities that have lived in the rainforest for millennia, and the impact forest policies have had on their lives.



Author: Jessica Applegate, Paul Koberstein
Publisher: OR Books
Published: 04/25/2023
Pages: 416
Binding Type: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781682193457


Review Citation(s):
Foreword 12/27/2022

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