Tag Archives: paleontology
Some Assembly Required
Last month, I reviewed The Ends of the World by Peter Brannen. It’s all about the destruction of life through mass extinctions. Fascinating but grim. The book left me with a nagging question, though: after each mass extinction how could … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Science and technology
Tagged biology, book review, crispr, DNA, evolution, genetics, nonfiction, paleontology
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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
Posted in Books, Environment
Tagged book review, carbon cycle, climate change, extinction, geology, nonfiction, paleontology, peter brannen
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