Saskia Gwinn Secret Stories of Nature (Hardback)

Secret Stories of NatureSaskia GwinnLabel: Wide Eyed EditionsDescription: In every part of the globe in every pocket of the sea in ancient ground beneath your feet up tall mountains you can’t see in stones in plants in birds and beasts lie nature’s secret stories. This beautiful field-guide explores the histories and mysteries hidden in the wild just waiting to be shared. Readers are invited on a journey around our wonderful world through wild forests over mountains high to the bottom of our oceans and the earth beneath us. Each chapter investigates a different environment and within the pages tell the secret stories of the animals plants and natural phenomena of these habitats. Some secrets tell us of links between species or unusual adaptations and features others tell us how nature has evolved and many hold the keys to understanding our planet’s past. Readers will come away with a wealth of knowledge and discover how looking at nature today can help us understand and unlock mysteries from long ago from bygone weather to the dinosaurs. They’ll learn how resin and rock can preserve long-lost plants and creatures how the rings inside coral skeletons can reveal weather patterns from the distant past how layers of the seabed can indicate a previous mass extinction occurred how ice can trap gases and tell us the make-up of our ancient atmosphere and much more. The text also touches on how these secrets are often uncovered through scientific research observation fossil records as well as using modern inventions and techniques like carbon dating. Spreads at the back of the book encourage readers to search for secrets in nature close to home and explore how we can all help protect the animals plants and natural features of today so we can continue to enjoy and learn from them. The fascinating information is brought to life with meticulously detailed vintage-style artwork from Vasilisa Romanenko making this book a true treasure trove for the whole family to enjoy.