The Cosmic Oasis: The Remarkable Story of Earth's Biosphere

by Mark Williams, Jan Zalasiewicz, Anne-Sophie Milon

Alone in the known universe the Earth glows bright with life, a unique cosmic oasis of biodiversity which is now under threat from our own actions.

The Earth is a unique as a living planet, a cosmic oasis drifting in the vastness of barren space. It is strikingly and obviously different from our nearest heavenly neighbours, the Moon, Venus and Mars, in its thin skin of biology, extending from the surface for a few kilometres...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198845871
• ISBN13: 9780198845874
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"