Screen LibrarySustaining Lake Superior : an extraordinary lake in a changing world /
A compelling exploration of Lake Superior's conservation recovery and what it can teach us in the face of climate change.
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Yale University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New Haven, Connecticut : |
| Publication Dates: | [2017] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
A compelling exploration of Lake Superior's conservation recovery and what it can teach us in the face of climate change. "Lake Superior, the largest lake in the world, has had a remarkable history, including resource extraction and industrial exploitation that caused nearly irreversible degradation. But in the past fifty years it has experienced a remarkable recovery and rebirth. In this important book, leading environmental historian Nancy Langston offers a rich portrait of the lake's environmental and social history, asking what lessons we should take from the conservation recovery as this extraordinary lake faces new environmental threats. In her insightful exploration, Langston reveals hope in ecosystem re |
| Carrier Form: | xv, 292 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780300244519 0300244517 9780300212983 0300212984 |
| Index Number: | QH104 |
| CLC: | K971.04-09 |
| Call Number: | K971.04-09/L285 |