Emerald planet : How plants changed Earth's history /
Beerling, D. J.,
Emerald planet : How plants changed Earth's history / David Beerling. - First edition. - Oxford Oxford University Press 2007 - xxiv, 381 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; - Oxford landmark science .
"Revised impression, as Oxford Landmark Science 2017"--Title page verso. Originally published: 2007.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-370) and index.
Leaves, genes, and greenhouse gases -- Oxygen and the lost world of giants -- An ancient ozone catastrophe? -- Global warming ushers in the dinosaur era -- The flourishing forests of Antarctica -- Paradise lost -- Nature's green revolution -- Through a glass darkly.
'The Emerald Planet' reveals the crucial role that plants have played in driving & recording climatic change. The book provides an important perspective on the controversial & crucial subject of global warming - for we can only understand climate change by looking into the distant past, long before the rise of humankind --
9780198798323 0198798326
Plants, Fossil.
Plants
Plant-atmosphere relationships.
Paleobotany.
Paleoclimatology.
Historical geology.
Historical geology.
Paleobotany.
Paleoclimatology.
Plant-atmosphere relationships.
Plants
Plants, Fossil.
551.71 / BEE.E
Emerald planet : How plants changed Earth's history / David Beerling. - First edition. - Oxford Oxford University Press 2007 - xxiv, 381 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; - Oxford landmark science .
"Revised impression, as Oxford Landmark Science 2017"--Title page verso. Originally published: 2007.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-370) and index.
Leaves, genes, and greenhouse gases -- Oxygen and the lost world of giants -- An ancient ozone catastrophe? -- Global warming ushers in the dinosaur era -- The flourishing forests of Antarctica -- Paradise lost -- Nature's green revolution -- Through a glass darkly.
'The Emerald Planet' reveals the crucial role that plants have played in driving & recording climatic change. The book provides an important perspective on the controversial & crucial subject of global warming - for we can only understand climate change by looking into the distant past, long before the rise of humankind --
9780198798323 0198798326
Plants, Fossil.
Plants
Plant-atmosphere relationships.
Paleobotany.
Paleoclimatology.
Historical geology.
Historical geology.
Paleobotany.
Paleoclimatology.
Plant-atmosphere relationships.
Plants
Plants, Fossil.
551.71 / BEE.E