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Zusatztext "Remarkable. . . . Dazzling. . . . A sophisticated and varied exploration. . . . Spectacular. . . . The Face of the Earth is indeed a source for wonder." Informationen zum Autor SueEllen Campbell is Professor in the Department of English at Colorado State University. She is the author of Even Mountains Vanish: Searching for Solace in An Age of Extinction and Bringing the Mountain Home, among other books. Klappentext "To comprehend climate change via arts and humanities as well as science and engineering demands either a Leonardo da Vinci or the gentle audacity and magisterial breadth of SueEllen Campbell."—Richard C. J. Somerville, Scripps Institution of Oceanography "A masterful combination of the precision and power of the sciences with the lyricism and insight of the humanities. Campbell and her colleagues have succeeded by braiding clear, accurate scientific explanation with forays into mythological and literary expressions of the human relationship to Earth."—Michael P. Branch, editor of John Muir's Last Journey "The authors of this astonishingly original project explore nature's meanings in ways that blend the insights of plate tectonics and evolution with imagery from authors such as Dante, Milton, and the Brontes. Dozens of vivid personal narratives, written by a community of writers, ground such perspectives in explorations of rifts, bogs, volcanoes, forests, grasslands, and deserts. From all these diverse encounters with the face of nature can arise a more alert and appreciative receptiveness to the living patterns of which we ourselves are part."—John Elder, author of Reading the Mountains and The Frog Run “Sparkling science writing, cultural and artistic insights about deep time human history, and superb personal essays on place may never have been combined so winningly in a volume as they are in The Face of the Earth . I could not put this book down. Its evocative ideas and rendered experiences delight the mind like embers from a stirred campfire."—Dan Flores, author of The Natural West and Visions of the Big Sky Zusammenfassung Sweeps across dramatic and varied terrains - volcanoes and glaciers, billabongs and canyons, prairies and rain forests - to explore how humans have made sense of our planet's marvelous landscapes. This book investigates how we live with the great shaping forces of nature - from fire to changing climates and the intricacies of adaptation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1. Landscapes of Internal Fire On the Spot: Over a River of Lava (SueEllen Campbell) Prologue Imagining the Interior On the Spot: At the Edge of an Overthrust Belt (Scott Denning) Mundus subterraneus On the Spot: Among the Aeolian Islands (John Calderazzo) The Globe! Tectonic Plates! and Mountain Building On the Spot: Along the Disturbance Gradient (Charles Goodrich) Volcanoes and Their Eruptions On the Spot: Approaching Chaitén Volcano (Fred Swanson) Hot Springs and Geysers Chapter 2. Climate and Ice Prologue On the Spot: Up and down the Himalaya (Ellen Wohl) How the Climate Works The Ghosts of Climates Past On the Spot: On the Burren (Gerald Delahunty) Our Ice Age Landscapes Shaped by Ice On the Spot: In the Channeled Scablands (Mark Fiege) Ice-Age Humans On the Spot: On the Arctic Tundra (Ellen Wohl) The Little Ice Age! Glaciology! and the Sublime On the Spot: Toward a Glacier's Edge (Ana Maria Spagna) The Story Now Chapter 3. Wet and Fluid Prologue On the Spot: In the Rocky Intertidal Zone (Kathleen Dean Moore) The Water Cycle On the Spot: Along a Rain Forest Stream (Ellen Wohl) The...
