Under a Green Sky: Global Warming, the Mass Extinctions of the Past, and What They Can Tell Us About Our Future - Hardcover

Ward, Peter D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 006113791X ISBN 13: 9780061137914

Publisher: Collins, 2007

Synopsis

Arguing that all but one of the major extinction events that have occurred on the planet have been caused by environmental factors, an examination of the ways in which elevated carbon dioxide levels and global warming compromise the earth's ability to sustain life makes cautionary recommendations for averting future disasters. 20,000 first printing.

About this title

Review:

"A sobering and valuable perspective . . ." -- Science

For RARE EARTH:"A stellar example of clear writing . . ." -- American Scientist

"A sobering and valuable perspective . . ."--Science

For RARE EARTH: "A stellar example of clear writing . . ."--American Scientist

For RARE EARTH: A stellar example of clear writing . . . --American Scientist"

A sobering and valuable perspective . . . --Science"

About the Author:

Dr. Peter D. Ward is a professor of biology and earth and space sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle. He also serves as an astrobiologist with NASA. Ward is the author of more than a dozen books, including the highly acclaimed Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe with Donald Brownlee and Out of Thin Air: Dinosaurs, Birds, and Earth's Ancient Atmosphere.

About this edition

• Publisher: Collins
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 006113791X
• ISBN 13: 9780061137914
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 242