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Swanson, Jennifer

The Lost Forest: An Unexpected Discovery beneath the Waves

56 pp. | Lerner/Millbrook | April, 2024 | Trade ISBN 9781728493015 $33.32
(3) 4-6 It’s fascinating to imagine: an underwater forest of cypress trees, which can grow up to eighty feet tall, submerged for tens of thousands of years, somewhere off the Alabama coast in the Gulf of Mexico, its exact location kept secret for preservation and protection due to the wood’s value. Swanson accompanied a group of scientists who were sanctioned to investigate and attempt to map the site. Her six accessible, engaging chapters touch on the researchers, their discoveries (shipworms!), setbacks (from murky water to COVID-19), technologies, and more. Useful sidebars, plentiful photographs, and QR codes to videos of the forest and scientists are included, as well as activities (e.g., “Grow Your Own Underwater Plants”), a reading list, and glossary, in the back matter.
Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz

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