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Fen, bog & swamp, a short history of peatland destruction and its role in the climate crisis, Annie Proulx

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Fen, bog & swamp, a short history of peatland destruction and its role in the climate crisis, Annie Proulx
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Includes bibliographical references
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non fiction
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Fen, bog & swamp
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Annie Proulx
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a short history of peatland destruction and its role in the climate crisis
Summary
Fens, bogs, swamps and marine estuaries are the earth's most desirable and dependable resources, and in four stunning parts, Proulx documents the longmisunderstood role of these wetlands in saving the planet. Taking us on a fascinating journey through history, Proulx shows us the fens of 16thcentury England to Canada's Hudson Bay lowlands, Russia's Great Vasyugan Mire, America's Okeefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, and the 19thcentury explorers who began the destruction of the Amazon rainforest. Along the way, she writes of the diseases spawned in the wetlands the Ague, malaria, Marsh Fever and the surprisingly significant role of peat in industrialisation
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