Extinctions : how life survives, adapts and evolves
Benton, M. J. (Michael J.)2023
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Click and Collect for Extinctions : how life survives, adapts and evolvesIn this sweep of Earth's history, Michael Benton brings the deep past to life as never before. Deploying the cutting-edge tools in biology, chemistry, physics and geology that are transforming our understanding of previous environmental cataclysms -- including the discovery of a hitherto unknown extinction event -- he uncovers not only their lethal effects but also the process that brought about such large-scale destruction. Beginning with the oldest extinction, Benton investigates the Late Ordovician, which set the evolution of the first animals on an entirely new course; the late Devonian, brought on by global warming; the cataclysmic End-Permian, which wiped out over 90% of all life on Earth; and the End-Cretaceous asteroid. He examines how global warming, acid rain, ocean acidification, erupting volcanoes and meteorite impact have affected conditions on Earth, the drastic consequences for global ecology, and how life in turn survived, adapted and evolved.
Main title:
Extinctions : how life survives, adapts and evolves / Michael J. Benton.
Author:
Benton, M. J. (Michael J.), author
Imprint:
London : Thames & Hudson, 2023.©2023
Collation:
288 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 25 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Part 1, Origins: 4,567-444 million years agoPart 2, Mid-Palaeozoic events: 444-252 million years agoPart 3, The End-Permian mass extinction and Triassic recovery: 252-237 million years agoPart 4: The Late Triassic to Jurassic: 237-145 million years agoPart 5, The Cretaceous to the End of the Eocene: 145-34 million years agoPart 6, The Oligocene to the present day: 34 million years ago-.
ISBN:
9780500025468 (hbk)9780500025468
Dewey class:
576.84
Language:
English
BRN:
547793
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Environment | 576.84 BEN | Available |
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