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The Ends of the World: Volvanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans and our Quest to Understand Earth's Past Mass Extinctions - Softcover

Brannen, Peter

 
9781786073983: The Ends of the World: Volvanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans and our Quest to Understand Earth's Past Mass Extinctions

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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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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Peter Brannen is an award-winning science journalist whose work has appeared in the Guardian, Wired, New York Times, Washington Post and Slate, amongst other publications. You can follow him on Twitter @PeterBrannen1. He lives in Boston.

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Five times our world has stood on the brink of Armageddon – it’s been incinerated, frozen, drained, flooded and smothered by poison gas. We are very lucky to be alive...

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