Turning to stone discovering the subtle wisdom of rocks

In Turning to Stone, Bjornerud reveals how rocks are the hidden infrastructure that keep the planet functioning, from sandstone aquifers purifying the water we drink to basalt formations slowly regulating global climate. Bjornerud's life as a geologist has coincided with an extraordinary period of d...

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Main Author: Bjornerud, Marcia (Author)
Other Authors: Hagerman, Haley (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Flatiron Books, 2024.
Edition:[Hardcover edition].
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505 0 |a Ice -- Sandstone -- Basalt -- Tuff -- Diamictite -- Turbidite -- Dolomite -- Granite -- Eclogite -- Glass and flint -- Quartzite -- Epilogue: Beach stones. 
520 |a In Turning to Stone, Bjornerud reveals how rocks are the hidden infrastructure that keep the planet functioning, from sandstone aquifers purifying the water we drink to basalt formations slowly regulating global climate. Bjornerud's life as a geologist has coincided with an extraordinary period of discovery in the geosciences. From an insular girlhood in rural Wisconsin, she found her way to an unlikely career studying mountains in remote parts of the world and witnessed the emergence of a new understanding of the Earth as an animate system of rock, air, water and life. We are all, most fundamentally, Earthlings and we can find existential meaning and enduring wisdom in stone. 
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