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Swamplands

Tundra Beavers, Quaking Bogs, and the Improbable World of Peat

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Swamplands

By: Edward Struzik
Narrated by: Christopher Grove
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In a world filled with breathtaking beauty, we have often overlooked the elusive charm and magic of certain landscapes. A cloudy river flows into a verdant Arctic wetland where sandhill cranes and muskoxen dwell. Further south, cypress branches hang low over dismal swamps. Places like these - collectively known as swamplands or peatlands - often go unnoticed for their ecological splendor. They are as globally significant as rainforests, and function as critical carbon sinks for addressing our climate crisis. Yet, because of their reputation as wastelands, they are being systematically drained and degraded to make way for oilsands, mines, farms, and electricity.

In Swamplands, journalist Edward Struzik celebrates these wild places, venturing into windswept bogs in Kauai and the last remnants of an ancient peatland in the Mojave Desert. The secrets of the swamp aren't for the faint of heart.

Swamplands highlights the unappreciated struggle being waged to save peatlands by scientists, conservationists, and landowners around the world. An ode to peaty landscapes in all their offbeat glory, the book is also a demand for awareness of the myriad threats they face. It urges us to see the beauty and importance in these least likely of places­. Our planet's survival might depend on it.

©2021 Edward Struzik (P)2021 Tantor
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Great subject matter, but dull performance.

Unfortunately I found that, even sped up, the narration is so dull that I just couldn't take any of it in, and eventually gave up at about half way through. Because of this I really can't say how good the actual book is, but feel it's relevant to leave a review for others likely to struggle with this too. I'm sure for some people this vocal style works well, and is probably quite calming, with clear diction and I suspect a widely familiar accent. For me a more or less monotonous (male North American, for anyone that matters to) voice just isn't something I can easily retain attention listening to. I was bored and distracted throughout, which is a shame as I'd been really excited about this book.

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detailed overview of wetlands

Not a easy listen but I did enjoy it and felt it was well researched. very informative.

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