{"product_id":"tropical-arctic-jennifer-mcelwain-9780226534435","title":"Tropical Arctic: Lost Plants, Future Climates, and the Discovery of Ancient Greenland","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn illustrated visit to the tropical arctic of 205 million years ago when Greenland was green.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e While today's Greenland is largely covered in ice, in the time of the dinosaurs the area was a lushly forested, tropical zone. \u003ci\u003eTropical Arctic\u003c\/i\u003e tracks a ten-million-year window of Earth's history when global temperatures soared and the vegetation of the world responded. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A project over eighteen years in the making, \u003ci\u003eTropical Arctic\u003c\/i\u003e is the result of a unique collaboration between two paleobotanists, Jennifer C. McElwain and Ian J. Glasspool, and award-winning scientific illustrator Marlene Hill Donnelly. They began with a simple question: \"What was the color of a fossilized leaf?\" \u003ci\u003eTropical Arctic\u003c\/i\u003e answers that question and more, allowing readers to experience Triassic Greenland through three reconstructed landscapes and an expertly researched catalog of extinct plants. A stunning compilation of paint and pencil art, photos, maps, and engineered fossil models, \u003ci\u003eTropical Arctic\u003c\/i\u003e blends art and science to bring a lost world to life. Readers will also enjoy a front-row seat to the scientific adventures of life in the field, with engaging anecdotes about analyzing fossils and learning to ward off polar bear attacks. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTropical Arctic\u003c\/i\u003e explains our planet's story of environmental upheaval, mass extinction, and resilience. By looking at Earth's past, we see a glimpse of the future of our warming planet--and learn an important lesson for our time of climate change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jennifer McElwain, Marlene Hill Donnelly, Ian Glasspool\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022653443X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226534435\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/05\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.40h x 8.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/26\/2021","brand":"Jennifer McElwain","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44050543968511,"sku":"9780226534435","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fa31e94a-dc72-4ff8-bf43-17e5c913d7fe.jpg?v=1685007857","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tropical-arctic-jennifer-mcelwain-9780226534435","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}