Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet by Ben Goldfarb

Description: Crossings by Ben Goldfarb An eye-opening and witty account of the global ecological transformations wrought by roads, from an award-winning author FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Some 40 million miles of roadways encircle the earth, yet we tend to regard them only as infrastructure for human convenience. While roads are so ubiquitous theyre practically invisible to us, wild animals experience them as entirely alien forces of death and disruption. In Crossings, environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb travels throughout the United States and around the world to investigate how roads have transformed our planet. A million animals are killed by cars each day in the U.S. alone, but as the new science of road ecology shows, the harms of highways extend far beyond roadkill. Creatures from antelope to salmon are losing their ability to migrate in search of food and mates; invasive plants hitch rides in tire treads; road salt contaminates lakes and rivers; and the very noise of traffic chases songbirds from vast swaths of habitat. Yet road ecologists are also seeking to blunt the destruction through innovative solutions. Goldfarb meets with conservationists building bridges for Californias mountain lions and tunnels for English toads, engineers deconstructing the labyrinth of logging roads that web national forests, animal rehabbers caring for Tasmanias car-orphaned wallabies, and community organizers working to undo the havoc highways have wreaked upon American cities. Today, as our planets road network continues to grow exponentially, the science of road ecology has become increasingly vital. Written with passion and curiosity, Crossings is a sweeping, spirited, and timely investigation into how humans have altered the natural world-and how we can create a better future for all living beings. Author Biography Ben Goldfarb is the author of Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter, winner of the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award. A recipient of fellowships from the Alicia Patterson Foundation and the Whiting Foundation, he lives in Colorado. Review "An eye-opening road trip that spans continents to show how paved roads, seen as markers of civilisation, disrupt the natural world... This is a rare, beautifully written book, which tells us hard truths about roads, cars and life on Earth, but still manages to make us feel positive about the road ahead. " -- Vijaysree Venkatraman - New Scientist"[A] wide-ranging and absorbing account. " -- Bill McKibben - The New York Review of Books"Fascinating and compassionate. " -- Emily Raboteau - The New York Times Book Review"[A] swift and winding ride... Many readers came away from Goldfarbs first book, Eager, as newly minted beaver fans; dont be surprised if you finish Crossings as an evangelist for road ecology." -- Tess Joosse - Scientific American"Goldfarb is perceptive about how roads tangle animals together with humans... Crossings is well-paced and vivid, an engaging account of a potentially dull subject. " -- Timothy Farrington - Wall Street Journal"Whether he is writing about wallabies or butterflies, beavers or anteaters, Ben Goldfarb approaches our fellow animals with delighted curiosity and rare perception. In Crossings, he chronicles their epic struggles within our global network of roads and hi" -- Michelle Nijhuis, author of Beloved Beasts"A brilliantly panoptic look at our planets sprawling network of roads: whats wrong with them, how they got that way, and how they could be set right. Precise in detail but vast in scale, Goldfarbs storytelling carries echoes of Michael Pollan and John McPhee, but with a wry humor that is uniquely his own. He makes it clear that if we are serious about ending the extinction crisis, we must first learn to care about the unnatural disaster that is our road system." -- Robert Moor, best-selling author of On Trails: An Exploration"Like some David Attenborough of the asphalt, Ben Goldfarb has written a fascinating guide to understanding the wilder side of roads, both symbols of freedom and harbingers of unnatural selection."" -- Tom Vanderbilt, best-selling author of Traffic"A truly important and landmark book on a subject whose full impacts continue to be disregarded or underestimated in considering conservation efforts. Crossings is a moving, compassionate, and indispensable guide to navigating the issue of wildlife" -- Jeff VanderMeer, best-selling author of the Southern Reach Trilogy"Ben Goldfarb is the kind of gonzo environmental journalist Hunter Thompson would love. He goes everywhere, interviews everyone, pulls his weight alongside biologists, engineers, and road-kill salvagers, then writes compellingly about all of it. Crossings, his meditation on the ecological devastation roads and highways inflict—and on the very clever responses from humans and other creatures that road life demands—is an absolute shining star of a book." -- Dan Flores, best-selling author of Coyote America and Wild New World Details ISBN1324005890 Author Ben Goldfarb Pages 384 Year 2023 ISBN-10 1324005890 ISBN-13 9781324005896 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2023-10-27 UK Release Date 2023-10-27 Imprint WW Norton & Co Subtitle How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States NZ Release Date 2023-10-27 US Release Date 2023-10-27 Illustrations 20 illustrations Publisher WW Norton & Co Audience General DEWEY 333.77 AU Release Date 2023-10-18 Alternative 9781324086314 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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