Making Eden: How Plants Transformed a Barren Planet

by David Beerling

Book Overview

Over 7 billion people depend on plants for healthy, productive, secure lives, but few of us stop to consider the origin of the plant kingdom that turned the world green and made our lives possible. And as the human population continues to escalate, our survival depends on how we treat the plant kingdom and the soils that sustain it. Understanding the evolutionary history of our land floras, the story of how plant life emerged from water and conquered...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019879830X
• ISBN13: 9780198798309
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.3"