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Under a Green Sky: Global Warming, the Mass Extinctions of the Past, and What They Can Tell Us About Our Future
by Ward, Peter D
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 006113791X
- ISBN 13
- 9780061137914
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: Smithsonian Books/HarperCollins Publishers, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7. Smithsonian Books/HarperCollins Publishers, 2007. Ex-Library First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Good Condition. Other than the fact that this is an ex-lib book, it is in Near Fine Condition. Binding and internals are clean and otherwise unmarked, tight and solid, no creasing. Lib stamp on upper edge of text block and rear endpaper. No other lib marks, no pocket. 242 pages, indexed. 6.25 x 9.56 inches. 2007, Smithsonian Books/HarperCollins Publishers, New York.
Synopsis
More than 200 million years ago, a cataclysmic event known as the Permian extinction destroyed more than 90% of all species and nearly 97% of all living things. Its origins have long been a puzzle for paleontologists, and during the 1990s and the early part of this century a great battle was fought between those who thought that death had come from above and those who thought something more complicated was at work.Paleontologist Peter D. Ward, fresh from helping prove that an asteroid had killed the dinosaurs, turned to the Permian problem, and he has come to a stunning conclusion. In his investigations of the fates of several groups of mollusks during those extinctions and others, he discovered that the near-total devastation at the end of the Permian was caused by rising levels of carbon dioxide leading to climate change. But it's not the heat (nor the humidity) that's directly responsible for the extinctions, and the story of the discovery of what is responsible makes for an fascinating, globe-spanning adventure.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 026723
- Title
- Under a Green Sky: Global Warming, the Mass Extinctions of the Past, and What They Can Tell Us About Our Future
- Author
- Ward, Peter D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 006113791X
- ISBN 13
- 9780061137914
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Books/HarperCollins Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2007
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- MASS EXTINCTIONS; EXTINCTION OF SPECIES; NATURE;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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