A compelling global exploration of nature and survival as seen via a dozen species of trees that represent the challenges facing our planet, and the ways scientists are working urgently to save our forests and our future.
The world today is undergoing the most rapid environmental transformation in human history—from climate change to deforestation. Scientists, ethnobotanists, Indigenous peoples, and collectives of all kinds are closely studying trees and their biology to understand how and why trees function individually and collectively in the ways they do. In Twelve Trees, Daniel Lewis, curator and historian at The Huntington, travels the world to learn about trees in their habitats.
