Salt lakes : an unnatural history / Caroline Tracey.
| Author/creator | Tracey, Caroline, 1990- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication | New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2026] |
| Copyright Date | ©2026 |
| Description | xii, 256 pages : maps ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Prologue -- Diversions. Closed basins and sacred lakes: Great Salt Lake, Utah, USA -- Richness in damaged places: Salton Sea, California, USA -- Imperfect recovery: Aral Sea, Kyzylorda, Kazakhstan -- Recalibrations. The common good: Mono Lake, California, USA -- Restitution: Zuni Salt Lake, New Mexico, USA -- A river passes by here: Lake Texcoco, Mexico City, Mexico -- Saline futures. The ecosystem that lawsuits made: Owens Lake, California, USA -- Willing sellers and the public trust: Walker Lake, Nevada, USA -- An act of attention: Lake Abert, Oregon, USA and Mar Chiquita, Córdoba, Argentina -- The ephemeral forever: Lake Mackay, Western Australia/Northern Territory, Australia -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on sources -- Bibliography. |
| Abstract | "Salt lakes are some of the world's most extraordinary ecosystems, but nearly all of them-from the Great Salt Lake to the Aral Sea and beyond-are drying up. Their decline is already the second-largest contributor to sea level rise, and their future loss will create widespread dust storms, threatening the water cycle, migratory birds, and human health. In Salt Lakes, Caroline Tracey takes readers on her travels across the American West, to Mexico, Argentina, and Kazakhstan, exquisitely describing the strange world of salt lakes, documenting their loss, and tracing efforts to save them. She delves into Mormon diaries, Soviet realist novels, and Australian Aboriginal paintings to make sense of how salt lakes have reflected the fast-changing natural world around us, while unraveling the lakes' lessons for her own life as she finds queer love and a sense of home in an imperfect world. Salt Lakes is a love letter to a strange and delicate ecosystem-and a moving call to fight for all that is fragile in our lives"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-256). |
| Genre/form | Autobiographies. |
| Genre/form | LGBTQIA+. |
| Genre/form | Autobiographies. |
| LCCN | 2025036320 |
| ISBN | 9781324089025 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1324089024 hardcover |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | New Books | QH541.5 .S22 T73 2026 | ✔ Available | Want This? |