Ecology

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Feathered Entanglements

As they migrated across great distances, ancient humans may have used birdsong and bird sightings to find food and water in unseen territory. Today, attending to birds helps scientists track not only ...

The Story of Upfront Carbon

When you look at the world through the lens of upfront carbon, everything changes

Think that buying an electric car or switching to a heat pump is going to save the planet? Think again.

"Upfront carbon" ...

Nature's Wild Ideas

Par (auteur) Kristy Hamilton
Catégories: Mécanique newtonienne

A lively and endlessly fascinating deep-dive into nature and the many groundbreaking human inventions inspired by the wild.

"Delightful."—The Guardian

"Fans of Helen Scales won't want to miss this."— ...

Dark Days at Noon

Par (auteur) Edward Struzik
Catégories: Catastrophes naturelles

The catastrophic runaway wildfires advancing through North America and other parts of the world are not unprecedented. Fires loomed large once human activity began to warm the climate in the 1820s, leading ...

Beaver, Bison, Horse

Par (auteur) R. Grace Morgan
Avant-propos de James Daschuk
Postface de Cristina Eisenberg
Catégories: Populations autochtones

As one of North America’s most unique ecologies, the Great Plains have fostered symbiotic relationships between humans and animals for millennia. Among these, Indigenous bonds to beavers, bison, and ...

Accidental Wilderness

Par (auteur) Walter H. Kehm
Par (photographe) Robert Burley
Catégories: Écologie appliquée

Accidental Wilderness is a rich and lyrical collection of essays curated by internationally recognized landscape architect and original designer of Tommy Thompson Park, Walter H. Kehm. A stunning collection ...

Rain Comin' Down

Par (auteur) Robert William Sandford
Catégories: Faune sauvage

From one of the world’s foremost authorities on the connections between water, landscape, and our changing climate comes an intimate look at what drives one man’s obsession with the world’s most ...

Renewal

Par (auteur) Andrés R Edwards
Avant-propos de Marc Bekoff
Catégories: Écologie appliquée

Renewal explores the science behind why being in nature makes us feel alive and helps us thrive. Backed by cutting-edge research in cognitive science, Edwards weaves stories that reveal nature’s genius, ...

Bringing Home Animals, 2nd edition

Bringing Home Animals is an ethnography detailing what the author learned as a result of travelling and working with Iinuu (Cree) hunters and their families in Northern Quebec. The study was conducted ...

Cold Matters

Par (auteur) Robert William Sandford
Catégories: Écologie appliquée

Cold Matters is a vital and approachable work that distills the scientific complexities of snow, ice, water and climate and presents the global implications of research put forth and funded by the Canadian ...