A narrative nonfiction that describes the story of a group of botanists and amateur naturalists who climb and research California's giant redwood trees.
Explores the role of temperate and tropical forests in the Earth's ecosystems, and discusses the threat posed to forest resources by pollution, development, and lack of careful conservation.
The vast forests of a country are all cut down to make room for development, until finally only one small wooded area remains like an island in the endless noisy sea of the city.
Describes the rapidity with which the rain forests of the world are being destroyed, the harm to plants, animals, and humans, and remedies for preserving the rain forests.