The ends of the world : volcanic apocalypses, lethal oceans, and our quest to understand Earth's pas...
The ends of the world : volcanic apocalypses, lethal oceans, and our quest to understand Earth's pas...
The ends of the world : volcanic apocalypses, lethal oceans, and our quest to understand Earth's past mass extinctions / Peter Brannen.
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Publisher
New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2017]
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G 2018/0085
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Language
English
Physical Description
Physical content
x, 322 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction -- 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.
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Publisher
New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2017]
Edition
First edition.
Date Published
[2017]
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Summary
"A vivid tour of Earth's Big Five mass extinctions, the past worlds lost with each, and what they all can tell us about our not-too-distant future. Was it really an asteroid that killed the dinosaurs? Or carbon dioxide-driven climate change? In fact, scientists now suspect that climate change played a major role not only in the end of the age of di...
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The ends of the world : volcanic apocalypses, lethal oceans, and our quest to understand Earth's past mass extinctions / Peter Brannen.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-308) and index.
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©2017
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G 2018/0085
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74VKVGR58Gbg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVGR58Gbg
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ISBN
9780062364807
DDC
576.84
MMS ID
991024152418702626
