Our world has stood on the brink of Armageddon five times – discover how it came back from the brink
'Gripping.' The New Yorker
Apocalypse, now?
Death by fire, ice, poison gas, suffocation, asteroid. At five moments through history life on Earth was dragged to the very edge of extinction.
Now, armed with revolutionary technology, scientists are uncovering clues about what caused these catastrophes. Deep-diving into past worlds of dragonflies the size of seagulls and fishes with guillotines for mouths, they explore how – against all the odds – life survived and what these ominous chapters can tell us about our future.
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'Evocative... A remarkable journey into the deep past that has much to teach us about the future of our planet.' Guardian
'Fascinating.' Economist
'A book about one apocalypse – much less five – could have been a daunting read, were it not for the wit, lyricism, and clarity that Peter Brannen brings to every page.' Ed Yong, author of I Contain Multitudes
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The Ends of the World
Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans and Our Quest to Understand Earth's Past Mass Extinctions
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eBook - ePub
The Ends of the World
Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans and Our Quest to Understand Earth's Past Mass Extinctions
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EcologyTable of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Beginnings
- 2. The End-Ordovician Mass Extinction
- 3. The Late Devonian Mass Extinction
- 4. The End-Permian Mass Extinction
- 5. The End-Triassic Mass Extinction
- 6. The End-Cretaceous Mass Extinction
- 7. The End-Pleistocene Mass Extinction
- 8. The Near Future
- 9. The Last Extinction
- Acknowledgments
- Image Section
- Bibliography
- Index
- Copyright
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