Bibliograph

The ends of the world, volcanic apocalypses, lethal oceans, and our quest to understand Earth's past mass extinctions, Peter Brannen

Type

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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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-308) and index

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The ends of the world

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

959036926

Responsibility statement

Peter Brannen

Sub title

volcanic apocalypses, lethal oceans, and our quest to understand Earth's past mass extinctions

Summary

"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

Table Of Contents

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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