The Ends of the World: Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans, and Our Quest to Understand Earth's Past Mass Extinctions

by Peter Brannen

Book Overview

New York Times Editors' Choice 2017 Forbes Top 10 Best Environment, Climate, and Conservation Book of 2017 As new groundbreaking research suggests that climate change played a major role in the most extreme catastrophes in the planet's history, award-winning science journalist Peter Brannen takes us on a wild ride through the planet's five mass extinctions and, in the process, offers us a glimpse of our increasingly dangerous future Our world has...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062364804
• ISBN13: 9780062364807
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.0"