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The best American science and nature writing 2022 / edited and with an introduction by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson ; Jaime Green, series editor.

Contributor(s): Publication details: New York ; Boston : Mariner Books, [2022]; ©2022.Edition: First editionDescription: xx, 308 pages ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780358615293 (pbk.)
  • 0358615291 (pbk.)
Contained works:
  • Wu, Katherine J. Body's most embarrassing organ is an evolutionary marvel
  • Johnson, Lacy M., 1978- What slime knows
  • Long, Arianna S. Too big for the universe
  • Holmes, Bob (Evolutionary biologist) Heads up!
  • Shah, Sonia. How far does wildlife roam?
  • Goodell, Jeff. Our summer from hell
  • Pierre-Louis, Kendra. How rising groundwater caused by climate change could devastate coastal communities
  • Arax, Mark, 1956- How we drained California dry
  • Song, Lisa. Climate solution actually adding millions of tons of CO2 into the atmosphere
  • Imbler, Sabrina. In the oceans, the volume is rising as never before
  • Sabramanian, Meera. Nature of plastics
  • Wynn-Grant, Rae. Black bears, black liberation
  • Greenlee, Cynthia R. Finding freedom in the natural world
  • Rosen, Julia. Humanity is flushing away one of life's essential elements
  • Johnson, Corey G. Poisoned--Part 1: The factory
  • Funes, Yessenia. Future moves
  • Ramirez, Rachel. There's a clear fix to helping black communities fight pollution
  • Wells, Lisa A. To be a field of poppies
  • Aguon, Julian. Ways of knowing
  • Geib, Claudia. To speak of the sea in Irish
  • Harris, Mikki K. Tight-knit island nation hopes to rebuild while preserving "the barbudan way"
  • Cuagilarkv (Jess Hausti) Thriving together
  • Hill, Kashmir. Your face is not your own
  • Robertson, Ruth H. Quantum enlightenment
  • Malloy, Chris (Journalist). Why combining farms and solar panels could transform how we produce both food and energy
  • Kaplan, Sarah. Recipe for fighting climate change and feeding the world
  • Calma, Justine. Power shift
  • Sherriff, Lucy. Beavers are firefighters who work for free
  • Hu, Jane C. New wind projects power local budgets in Wyoming
  • Atkin, Emily. Work from home, save the planet? Ehhh
  • Rubin, Shira. In Amsterdam, a community of floating homes shows the world how to live alongside nature
  • Plumb, Jessica C. River reawakened
  • Sengupta, Somini. Indigenous people could lead the way
  • Einhorn, Catrin
  • Andreoni, Manuela
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 810.8/036 23/eng/20221012
LOC classification:
  • QH45.5 .B47 2022
Contents:
Nature is magnificent. The body's most embarrassing organ is an evolutionary marvel / Katherine J. Wu -- What slime knows / Lacy M. Johnson -- Too big for the universe / Arianna S. Long -- Heads up! The cardiovascular secrets of giraffes / Bob Holmes -- How far does wildlife roam? Ask the "internet of animals" / Sonia Shah -- Nature is roiled. Our summer from hell / Jeff Goodell -- How rising groundwater caused by climate change could devastate coastal communities / Kendra Pierre-Louis -- How we drained California dry / Mark Arax -- The climate solution actually adding millions of tons of CO2 into the atmosphere / Lisa Song and James Temple ; In the oceans, the volume is rising as never before / Sabrina Imbler -- The nature of plastics / Meera Sabramanian -- Humans are a part of nature. Black bears, black liberation / Rae Wynn-Grant -- Finding freedom in the natural world / Cynthia R. Greenlee -- Humanity is flushing away one of life's essential elements / Julia Rosen -- Poisoned-- Part 1: The factory / Corey G. Johnson, Rebecca Woolington, and Eli Murray -- Future moves / Yessenia Funes -- There's a clear fix to helping black communities fight pollution / Rachel Ramirez -- To be a field of poppies / Lisa Wells -- Ways of knowing. To hell with drowning / Julian Aguon -- To speak of the sea in Irish / Claudia Geib -- A tight-knit island nation hopes to rebuild while preserving "the barbudan way" / Mikki K. Harris -- Thriving together: salmon, berries, and people / Cuagilarkv (Jess Hausti) -- Your face is not your own / Kashmir Hill -- Quantum enlightenment / Ruth Robertson -- Futures we could have. Why combining farms and solar panels could transform how we produce both food and energy / Chris Malloy -- A recipe for fighting climate change and feeding the world / Sarah Kaplan -- Power shift / Justine Calma -- Beavers are firefighters who work for free / Lucy Sherriff -- New wind projects power local budgets in Wyoming / Jane C. Hu -- Work from home, fave the planet? Ehhh / Emily Atkin -- In Amsterdam, a community of floating homes shows the world how to live alongside nature / Shira Rubin -- A river reawakened / Jessica Plumb -- There's a global plan to conserve nature. Indigenous people could lead the way / Somini Sengupta, Catrin Einhorn, and Manuela Andreoni.
Summary: "[T]his collection [is] expertly reported and deeply feld, exploring the magnificence of nature, the expansion of knowledge, and the possibilities of our future. From an essay abou the sanctity of slime molds, to the untold sotry of a Black enslaved man becoming an expert in black bears to a version for th efuture that combines farms and solar panels to incredible effect, this collection is a sharp, surprisign, and informative window into our world." --back cover.
Holdings
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Book Book NMC Library Stacks QH45.5 .B47 2022 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 33039001533263

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-308).

Nature is magnificent. The body's most embarrassing organ is an evolutionary marvel / Katherine J. Wu -- What slime knows / Lacy M. Johnson -- Too big for the universe / Arianna S. Long -- Heads up! The cardiovascular secrets of giraffes / Bob Holmes -- How far does wildlife roam? Ask the "internet of animals" / Sonia Shah -- Nature is roiled. Our summer from hell / Jeff Goodell -- How rising groundwater caused by climate change could devastate coastal communities / Kendra Pierre-Louis -- How we drained California dry / Mark Arax -- The climate solution actually adding millions of tons of CO2 into the atmosphere / Lisa Song and James Temple ; In the oceans, the volume is rising as never before / Sabrina Imbler -- The nature of plastics / Meera Sabramanian -- Humans are a part of nature. Black bears, black liberation / Rae Wynn-Grant -- Finding freedom in the natural world / Cynthia R. Greenlee -- Humanity is flushing away one of life's essential elements / Julia Rosen -- Poisoned-- Part 1: The factory / Corey G. Johnson, Rebecca Woolington, and Eli Murray -- Future moves / Yessenia Funes -- There's a clear fix to helping black communities fight pollution / Rachel Ramirez -- To be a field of poppies / Lisa Wells -- Ways of knowing. To hell with drowning / Julian Aguon -- To speak of the sea in Irish / Claudia Geib -- A tight-knit island nation hopes to rebuild while preserving "the barbudan way" / Mikki K. Harris -- Thriving together: salmon, berries, and people / Cuagilarkv (Jess Hausti) -- Your face is not your own / Kashmir Hill -- Quantum enlightenment / Ruth Robertson -- Futures we could have. Why combining farms and solar panels could transform how we produce both food and energy / Chris Malloy -- A recipe for fighting climate change and feeding the world / Sarah Kaplan -- Power shift / Justine Calma -- Beavers are firefighters who work for free / Lucy Sherriff -- New wind projects power local budgets in Wyoming / Jane C. Hu -- Work from home, fave the planet? Ehhh / Emily Atkin -- In Amsterdam, a community of floating homes shows the world how to live alongside nature / Shira Rubin -- A river reawakened / Jessica Plumb -- There's a global plan to conserve nature. Indigenous people could lead the way / Somini Sengupta, Catrin Einhorn, and Manuela Andreoni.

"[T]his collection [is] expertly reported and deeply feld, exploring the magnificence of nature, the expansion of knowledge, and the possibilities of our future. From an essay abou the sanctity of slime molds, to the untold sotry of a Black enslaved man becoming an expert in black bears to a version for th efuture that combines farms and solar panels to incredible effect, this collection is a sharp, surprisign, and informative window into our world." --back cover.

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