The Story of Earth′s Climate in 25 Discoveries – How Scientists Found the Connections Between Climate and Life
The Story of Earth′s Climate in 25 Discoveries – How Scientists Found the Connections Between Climate and Life Over 4.5 billion years, Earth's climate has transformed tremendously. During this…
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The Story of Earth′s Climate in 25 Discoveries – How Scientists Found the Connections Between Climate and Life
Over 4.5 billion years, Earth's climate has transformed tremendously. During this history, we now know, living things and the climate have always influenced and even shaped each other. Before our more temperate recent past, the planet swung from one extreme to another--from a greenhouse world of sweltering temperatures and high sea levels to a "snowball earth" in which glaciers reached the equator.
Prothero explores the astonishing connections between climate and life through the ages, telling the remarkable stories of the scientists who made crucial discoveries. But the climate has never changed as rapidly or as drastically as it has since the Industrial Revolution.In this lively and entertaining book, Donald R. Journeying through the intertwined evolution of climate and life, he tackles questions such as: Why do we have phytoplankton to thank for the air we breathe? What kind
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