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The Story of CO2 Is the Story of Everything
Carbon dioxide has been called the “master control knob” for Earth’s temperature. It’s also the source of carbon for all living things. Peter Brannen explores CO2’s outsized role on our planet and in our lives in his latest book The Story of CO2 Is the Story of Everything. Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, carbon dioxide, book review, fossil fuel, nonfiction, extinction, carbon, peter brannen, carbon cycle, volcano
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The Ends of the World
You might think a 290-page deep dive into mass extinction would be the most depressing book ever. But The Ends of the World: Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans, and Our Quest to Understand Earth’s Past Mass Extinctions by Peter Brannen is … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, carbon cycle, climate change, extinction, geology, nonfiction, paleontology, peter brannen
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A World on the Wing
I’ve been reading some pretty heavy stuff lately; books about the rise of tyranny around the world and some godawful decisions coming out of the US Supreme Court. I needed to take a break, read something a little more uplifting. … Continue reading
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Tagged birds, book review, climate change, extinction, nature, nonfiction, scott weidensaul
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