The Treeline

The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth

By: Ben Rawlence

Narrated by: Jamie Parker

In the tradition of Elizabeth Kolbert and Barry Lopez, a powerful, poetic and deeply absorbing account of the “lung” at the top of the world.

For the last fifty years, the trees of the boreal forest have been moving north. The Treeline takes us along this critical frontier of our warming planet from Norway to Siberia, Alaska to Greenland, to meet the scientists, residents and trees confronting huge geological changes. Only the hardest species survive at these latitudes including the ice-loving Dahurian larch of Siberia, the antiseptic Spruce that purifies our atmosphere, the Downy birch conquering Scandinavia, the healing Balsam poplar that Native Americans use as a cure-all and the noble Scots Pine that lives longer when surrounded by its family.

It is a journey of wonder and awe at the incredible creativity and resilience of these species and the mysterious workings of the forest upon which we rely for the air we breathe. Blending reportage with the latest science, The Treeline is a story of what might soon be the last forest left and what that means for the future of all life on earth.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press

Beautiful

Clear description of botany at it finest. Plus 15 words more and more and more.

Outstanding and eye opening

This book is a great blend of stories and sound science. Ben does a great job of including indigenous wisdom from history, he also matches it with first hand accounts of the people living today carrying on ancient customs. The modern science is blended in to create a thrilling and educational book that tells stories of the past while laying out the potential future in the ever changing climate. I love these types of books and this will be one of the first books I'll recommend going forward! Thanks for this great book and all the stories included.

Of Critical importance

As the Earth continues to warm and stable climates and ecosystems unravel we humans will require the information in this book.

A great combination of storytelling and science

I found this to be highly readable and painfully relevant to understanding what I've seen cited in internet articles around the topic. I'm not a science heavy reader and this had excellent cross reference points to history and anthropology to keep me engaged.

Must read for all

Bless Mr Rawlence for this incredible book. To his family for supporting him thru his travels and researching. Unfortunately I fear that this work as so many like it will not be read/ heard by those who truly need to understand the message
For anyone questioning the time for this book please just read/listen to the epilogue first before you decide
There are great information and stories
Narration is excellent