Michael J. Benton is Professor of Vertebrate Palaeontology and head of the world-leading Palaeobiology Research Group at the University of Bristol. He has written more than fifty books, including Dinosaurs : New Visions of a Lost World, The Dinosaurs Rediscovered and When Life Nearly Died, all published by Thames & Hudson. He was awarded an OBE in 2021 for services to palaeontology and community engagement, and he regularly appears in the media to discuss dinosaurs and the history of life.
Extinctions. How Life Survives, Adapts and Evolves
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- Nombre de pages288
- FormatGrand Format
- PrésentationBroché
- Poids0.345 kg
- Dimensions12,9 cm × 19,8 cm × 2,0 cm
- ISBN978-0-500-29863-3
- EAN9780500298633
- Date de parution17/07/2025
- ÉditeurThames & Hudson
Résumé
In this vast sweep of our Earth's history, Michael J. Benton brings the deep past to life as never before. Deploying the cutting-edge tools in biology, chemistry, physics and geology that are transforming our understanding of previous environmental cataclysms - including the incredible new discovery of a hitherto unknown extinction event - he uncovers not only their lethal effects but also the processes that brought about such large-scale destruction.
Benton examines how global warming, acid rain, ocean acidification, erupting volcanoes and meteorite impact have affected conditions on Earth, the drastic consequences for global ecology, and how life in turn survived, adapted and evolved.
Benton examines how global warming, acid rain, ocean acidification, erupting volcanoes and meteorite impact have affected conditions on Earth, the drastic consequences for global ecology, and how life in turn survived, adapted and evolved.
