Emerald planet : How plants changed Earth's history / David Beerling.
Material type: TextSeries: Publication details: Oxford Oxford University Press 2007Edition: First editionDescription: xxiv, 381 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrationsISBN:- 9780198798323
- 0198798326
- 551.71 BEE.E
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Book | Dept. of Geology Processing Center | Dept. of Geology | Reference | 551.71 BEE.E (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | GEO5024 |
"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 --
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