Description A compelling exploration of Lake Superior\'s conservation recovery and what it can teach us in the face of climate change Lake Superior, the largest Lake in the world, has had a remarkable history, including resource extraction and industrial exploitation that caused nearly irreversible degradation.
She lives on the Keweenaw Peninsula of Lake Superior..
About the Author Nancy Langston is professor of environmental history at Michigan Technological University and the author of Toxic Bodies: Hormone Disruptors and the Legacy of DES.
Langston cautions readers regarding new mining interests and persistent toxic pollutants that are mobilizing with climate change.
Yet, despite the lake\'s resilience, threats persist.
In her insightful exploration, Langston reveals hope in ecosystem resilience and the power of community advocacy, noting ways Lake Superior has rebounded from the effects of deforestation and toxic waste wrought by mining and paper manufacturing.
In this important book, leading environmental historian Nancy Langston offers a rich portrait of the lake\'s environmental and social history, asking what lessons we should take from the conservation recovery as this Extraordinary Lake faces new environmental threats.
But in the past fifty years it has experienced a remarkable recovery and rebirth.
Description A compelling exploration of Lake Superior\'s conservation recovery and what it can teach us in the face of climate change Lake Superior, the largest Lake in the world, has had a remarkable history, including resource extraction and industrial exploitation that caused nearly irreversible degradation
