The Ends of the World : : Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans, and our Quest to Understand Earth's Past Mass Extinctions
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Beginnings -- The End-Ordovician mass extinction -- The Late Devonian mass extinction -- The End-Permian mass extinction -- The End-Triassic mass extinction -- the End-Cretaceous mass extinction -- the End-Pleistocene mass extinction -- The near future -- The last extinction.
"As new groundbreaking research suggests that climate change played a major role in the most extreme catastrophes in the planet's history, award-winning science journalist Peter Brannen takes us on a wild ride through the planet's five mass extinctions and, in the process, offers us a glimpse of our increasingly dangerous future."-- From publisher's website.
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3/5 submitted by angie. on July 21, 2021, 6:34pm Average book , but filled with detail!
An interesting perspective on prehistoric life submitted by peteralway on February 14, 2022, 7:08pm Mass extinctions prove to be an interesting approach to talking about life in various geological eras. This book left me wanting more. I found it a fascinating read.
PUBLISHED
New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017]
Year Published: 2017
Description: x, 322 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780062364807
0062364804
SUBJECTS
Mass extinctions.
Paleoclimatology.
Climatic changes.