The Emerald Planet is the tale of our world's past - and future - as revealed by plants. Over the immensity of geological time, plants have been powerful agents of change, shaping the climate, the planet, and affecting the evolutionary path of all life. Here, David Beerling tells how.
The Emerald Planet is the tale of our world's past - and future - as revealed by plants. Over the immensity of geological time, plants have been powerful agents of change, shaping the climate, the planet, and affecting the evolutionary path of all life. Here, David Beerling tells how.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Preface
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Leaves, genes, and greenhouse gases
- 3: Oxygen and the lost world of giants
- 4: An ancient ozone catastrophe?
- 5: Global warming ushers in the dinosaur era
- 6: The flourishing forests of Antarctica
- 7: Paradise lost
- 8: Nature's green revolution
- 9: Through a glass darkly
- Notes
- Index
