The Treeline: The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth

This original and readable book takes readers to a part of the world undergoing radical but little-understood change. * Financial Times, *Books of the Year* * An urgent and insightful tour of some of the world's strangest, most bewitching and most endangered environments... This is an important book, and one I will be pressing into other people's hands. -- Cal Flyn, author of ISLANDS OF ABANDONMENT [A] sweeping account of the Arctic forest that circles the world in an almost unbroken ring. * Financial Times * [A] lyrical and passionate book... The Treeline is a sobering, powerful account of how trees might just save the world. -- Kathryn Hughes * Mail on Sunday * [An] urgent investigation into the Arctic treeline... a meticulously researched and compellingly presented read. -- Hannah Beckerman * Observer * Twill rightly provoke fear, but also a sense of wonder ... A beautiful and evocative portrait of the natural world. It is essential reading for those hoping to better understand our changing planet. -- Tom Lathan * Spectator * Rawlence is a fine ecologist and an excellent writer... The Treeline is timely, salutary and eminently readable. Excellent. -- Colin Tudge * Resurgence & Ecology * Ben Rawlence... writes with accuracy, beauty and urgency. -- Andrew Robinson * Nature * [A] moving, thoughtful, deeply reported elegy for our vanishing world and a map of the one to come. -- Nathaniel Rich, author of LOSING EARTH A fascinating book drawing on a brilliant, original line of thinking... A perfect combination of lyrical writing and rigorous reporting. Utterly illuminating. -- Sophy Roberts, author of THE LOST PIANOS OF SIBERIA What an extraordinary book this is! ... This is not just a description of a warming world but an active invitation to live differently, to participate with wisdom and humility in the cacophonous and ever-unfinished abundance of terrestrial life. -- Ben Ehrenreich, author of DESERT NOTEBOOKS The very treeline is on the move: a devastating image. This book is an evocative, wise and unflinching exploration of what it will mean for humanity. -- Jay Griffiths, author of WILD Absolutely fantastic and devastating. -- Emma Gannon, author of DISCONNECTED Ben Rawlence circumnavigates the very top of the globe - returning with a warning, in this enthralling and wonderfully written book, that all would do well to heed. -- Mark Lynas, author of SIX DEGREES Rawlence evokes the natural world in lyrical, delicate prose... A timely, urgent message delivered in graceful fashion. * Kirkus, starred review * Compelling, intriguing, and thoroughly engaging... A title of the utmost importance at a time of tremendous peril, The Treeline is a game-changer. * Booklist * A lyrical travelogue documenting the decline of the great boreal forests that encircle the north of the globe, and the cultures that depend on them... A grim and thought-provoking read. -- Rory Dusoir * Gardens Illustrated * Beautiful and affecting. * Herald * A sobering account... The Treeline is a powerful reminder of the far-off impacts of global warming. -- Kit Gillet * Geographical * [An] excellent read. -- Stephen J Scaybrook * Architectural Technology Journal *