The Cosmic Oasis: The Remarkable Story of Earth's Biosphere - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Mark Williams, Jan Zalasiewicz, Anne-Sophie MilonPublish date:2022-09-23Pages:288
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780198845874ISBN-10:198845871UPC:9780198845874Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Life SciencesBook Topic:Ecology, EvolutionSize:9.35 x 6.29 x 1.06 inchesWeight:1.1111Product ID:SC0PZZFG5N
The Cosmic Oasis: The Remarkable Story of Earth's Biosphere
Alone in the known universe the Earth glows bright with life, a unique cosmic oasis of biodiversity which is now under threat from our own actions. The Earth is a unique as a living planet, a cosmic oasis drifting in the vastness of barren space. It is strikingly and obviously different from our nearest heavenly neighbours, the Moon, Venus and Mars, in its thin skin of biology, extending from...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780198845874ISBN-10:198845871UPC:9780198845874Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Life SciencesBook Topic:Ecology, EvolutionSize:9.35 x 6.29 x 1.06 inchesWeight:1.1111Product ID:SC0PZZFG5N
Mark Williams, Professorof Palaeobiology, University of Leicester, Jan Zalasiewicz, Emeritus Professor of Palaeobiology, University of Leicester Mark Williams is a Professor of Palaeobiology at the University of Leicester, a sometime British Geological Survey palaeontologist, and a former scientist with the British Antarctic Survey. He has a strong interest in how the fossil record reflects...
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