Thor Hanson is a conservation biologist, Guggenheim Fellow, and author of award winning books including Buzz, Feathers, The Impenetrable Forest, and The Triumph of Seeds. He lives with his wife and son on an island in Washington State. www.thorhanson.net
"Thor Hanson is not just a scientist and writer--he is a gifted
raconteur, filled with wonder and love for the wild earth. In
Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid Hanson brings his unique
perspective to this time of ecological crisis. Rather than just a
warming planet, we find stories from the infinite and varied tangle
of life, with every being--from bacteria to birds--seeking to adapt
with ingenuity and resilience. This book bears witness to the
individual stories so often lost in climate headlines, and invites
us all to live with greater depth and awareness as we seek a
hopeful path forward."--Lyanda Lynn Haupt, author of Rooted and
Mozart's Starling
"A wonderfully engaging tour of Earth's plant and animal
kingdoms."--Times Literary Supplement
A Publishers Weekly Pick for Book of the Week--Publishers
Weekly
"One of our finest writers of literary natural history takes on the
most crucial topic of our times--how will life itself respond to a
warming world? --and brings back answers both utterly beguiling and
strangely reassuring. This is arguably the most significant
discussion of the biology of global warming I know, brought to us
in the intelligent, wise, and beautiful prose we've come to rely
upon Thor Hanson to deliver. If you read only one book on climate
change this year, let it be this one." --Robert Michael Pyle,
Ph.D., author of Wintergreen and Nature Matrix
"Thor Hanson's clear-eyed science writing meets its best topic yet
in this book. While governments and publics joust over climate
change, biologists studying all the ways wild animals are already
responding to it are five steps ahead of the game. Hanson takes his
readers on a tour of this cutting edge in our rapidly-changing
world. Yes, there are looming extinctions. But before you wring
your hands in despair, read this book. As it always has, life finds
a way."--Dan Flores, New York Times bestselling author of Coyote
America
"A masterful storyteller, Hanson interweaves his own formative
experiences into the narrative...The book's forward-looking
approach seems intended to encourage readers' curiosity about
climate change, with the notion that, once suitably informed, they
will feel compelled to take action."
--Science
"An engaging author who has celebrated the wonders of nature in
books about feathers, seeds, forests and bees, he's an ideal guide
to a topic that might otherwise send readers down a well of
despair."
--Science News
"An outstanding introduction to a global threat."--Portland Book
Review
"Hanson is an affable guide and storyteller, with a knack for
analogy, a sense of humor and the natural curiosity of a
scientist."--Jonathan Balcombe, The New York Times
"Hanson writes a hopeful and compelling story exploring various
climate adaptations in the animal and plant worlds with a rare
combination of engrossing clarity and robust interrogation. He
encourages us to lift our own voices and actually assert change.
Each enormously engaging essay proves what I've known for some
time: Thor Hanson is a marvel whose enthusiasm for this planet is
utterly contagious." --Aimee Nezhukumatathil, New York Times
bestselling author of World of Wonders
"Open[s] trapdoors onto the vivid lives of other beings in hopes of
giving humans a close-grained understanding of our role in habitat
change and the varieties of adaptation that may be in store for our
species too."
--The Atlantic
"VERDICT: This compelling read will spark the interest of everyone
who cares about what is happening to the natural world."--Rachel
Owens, Library Journal
"With contagious curiosity, Hanson nimbly avoids pedantic,
moralistic admonishments. Nature-lovers will be thrilled to see
science so vividly described, and will marvel at the incredible
ingenuity of creatures across the globe."--Publishers Weekly
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