Nature obscura : a city's hidden natural world
With wonder and a sense of humor, Kelly Brenner aims to help us rediscover our connection to the natural world that is just outside our front door--we just need to know where to look. Through explorations of a rich, varied urban landscape, Brenner reveals the complex micro-habitats and surprising nature that exists in the middle of a city. In her hometown of Seattle, which has plowed down hills, cut through the land to connect fresh- and saltwater, and paved over much of the rest, she exposes a diverse range of often unnoticed creatures. Nature Obscura explores the species that inhabit the urban environment across the four seasons.
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- ISBN: 1680512072
- ISBN: 9781680512076
- Physical Description 206 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Publisher Seattle, WA : Mountaineers Books, [2020]
- Copyright ©2020
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and Internet addresses. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The patina of time -- A world in a Petri dish -- The crow roosts at night -- A cloud of flies -- An animal of much distinction -- Pond life -- To be or not to be armored? -- Tracking the wild snail -- Like a moth to a flame -- Dichotomy -- From fear to fascination -- Everything is connected. |
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Nature Obscura : A City's Hidden Natural World
With wonder and a sense of humor, Nature Obscura author Kelly Brenner aims to help us rediscover our connection to the natural world that is just outside our front door--we just need to know where to look. Through explorations of a rich and varied urban landscape, Brenner reveals the complex micro-habitats and surprising nature found in the middle of a city. In her hometown of Seattle, which has plowed down hills, cut through the land to connect fresh- and saltwater, and paved over much of the rest, she exposes a diverse range of strange and unknown creatures. From shore to wetland, forest to neighborhood park, and graveyard to backyard, Brenner uncovers how our land alterations have impactednature, for good and bad, through the wildlife and plants that live alongside us, often unseen. These stories meld together, in the same way our ecosystems, species, and human history are interconnected across the urban environment.