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Please read @ferrisjabr.bsky.social's brilliant new book, "Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life." Ferris is my favorite young science writer. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/623907...
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Sisyrinchium has become one of my favorite garden plants. Though often called blue or yellow-eyed grass, it’s actually a member of the Iris family. Many species native to N America. Clumping; spreads politely. Easy to share. Looks esp good near water + w/ other Irises
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Becoming Earth is out on June 25 and I'm going on tour! First up: Portland > Seattle > Bay Area
Thrilled to be in conversation with the brilliant Emma Marris, Suzanne Simard, @jennitaur.bsky.social and Obi Kaufmann
Please note the Seattle and SF events are ticketed
East coast in mid July!
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Thank you 🙏🏼 One of mine, too
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Half the examples in the story are underwater, but there are ancient ecosystems on land, too. Trees definitely overlapped with dinosaurs. Forests have existed for at least 380 million years. But the dominant types of trees on the planet have changed a lot over time
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For Nautilus Magazine, I wrote about a question that has obsessed me: What are the oldest surviving ecosystems on Earth?
Turns out some extant meadows, reefs, and rainforests have persisted for hundreds of thousands to *tens of millions* of years.
What can they teach us?
nautil.us/the-oldest-e...
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In addition to narrating audiobooks, incl science books, the highly versatile Joe Ochman has provided voice acting for Naruto, Cowboy Bebop, Red Dead Redemption, Call of Duty, Final Fantasy—and he's the current voice of Jiminy Cricket en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Och...
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A lot of people have asked recently if Becoming Earth is available as an audiobook. The answer is: Yes, absolutely! It's available for preorder from Audible, Apple Books, etc and is narrated by the extremely talented Joe Ochman www.audible.com/pd/Becoming-...
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Finished copies are here!
A few boxes containing finished copies of my book, Becoming Earth, recently arrived on our doorstep. Jack helped me open them. I think he approves!
Just two weeks until pub day!
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Thrilled to share that Becoming Earth has received its second ⭐️starred review⭐️, this time from Booklist, which calls it, "beautifully written, exquisitely detailed, and finely researched" 🙏
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Hello to all the small beings ensconced in garden foliage
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I love how California poppies appear to be casting off old-timey nightcaps as they bloom and awaken to the world
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Many gardeners consider color blocking, monochromatic groupings, or otherwise limited palettes to be guiding principles. Maybe one day I'll agree, but at this stage of my gardening journey, I find that aesthetic a bit dull. I want *all* the colors, close together.
Give me the full rainbow, baby! ⭐🌈
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Thanks so much!
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My understanding it that it has to do with marketing. Each country considers their readers to be a unique market w/ distinct preferences, even if there is overlap in language. And some US/UK publishers choose to Anglicize or Americanize spelling, units of measurement etc to best suit their readers
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6+ years ago, I began writing a book about our living planet. That book will officially be out in the world in just three weeks! I can’t wait to share it with you all
I recently got to hold advance copies of the US (left) and UK (right) versions simultaneously for the first time
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The tapestry includes a selection of creeping thymes used more commonly as ground covers than for culinary purposes: red creeping thyme (which is particularly robust), wooly thyme (with fuzzy, silvery leaves), and Elfin thyme (which forms an especially dense/compact mat)
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A tapestry of thyme: just one of the many ways we have replaced all the turfgrass on our property.
Thyme is adapted to a Mediterranean climate (to which we’re heading), crowds out grass/weeds, produces scores of tiny flowers that bees love, and is delightfully fragrant.
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Thrilled to find my book, Becoming Earth (out next month!), on @theatlantic.bsky.social summer reading guide!
"..a convincing, mind-opening case that 'the history of life on Earth is the history of life remaking Earth'."
www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...
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From 2017: my @nytimes.com essay on how a total solar eclipse severs our solar umbilical cord, profoundly albeit briefly altering life on Earth—with illustrations by Golden Cosmos www.nytimes.com/2017/08/14/s...
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✨UK Cover Reveal✨
My British publisher, Picador, opted for something lush & prismatic, featuring Rogan Brown’s gorgeous art. UK audiobook/ebook out in late June; UK hardback in late August. Becoming Earth will eventually be available in at least eight languages www.panmacmillan.com/authors/ferr...
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Thank you so much! Appreciate the support!
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Snake’s head fritillary in late afternoon light. One of my all time favorite flowers. I plant a few more in the garden each year
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For the LA Review of Books I reviewed conservation biologist Joe Roman's fascinating new book, which explores how animals profoundly alter their environments and have shaped the planet as a whole lareviewofbooks.org/article/anim...
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