Salt lakes : an unnatural history / Caroline Tracey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tracey, Caroline, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Salt lakes--History.

Salt lakes.

Salt lakes--United States.

Salt lakes--Kazakhstan.

Salt lakes--Argentina.

Salt lakes--Australia.

Salt lakes--Mexico.

Physical Description:

xii, 256 pages : maps ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2026]

Summary:

"Salt lakes are some of the world's most extraordinary ecosystems, but nearly all of them-from the Great Salt Lake to the Aral Sea and beyond-are drying up. Their decline is already the second-largest contributor to sea level rise, and their future loss will create widespread dust storms, threatening the water cycle, migratory birds, and human health. In Salt Lakes, Caroline Tracey takes readers on her travels across the American West, to Mexico, Argentina, and Kazakhstan, exquisitely describing the strange world of salt lakes, documenting their loss, and tracing efforts to save them. She delves into Mormon diaries, Soviet realist novels, and Australian Aboriginal paintings to make sense of how salt lakes have reflected the fast-changing natural world around us, while unraveling the lakes' lessons for her own life as she finds queer love and a sense of home in an imperfect world. Salt Lakes is a love letter to a strange and delicate ecosystem-and a moving call to fight for all that is fragile in our lives"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781324089025

1324089024

OCLC:

1519447200