Call number
Publication
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008, c2007
Pages
xviii; 288
Description
'The Emerald Planet' reveals the crucial role that plants have played in driving & recording climatic change. The book provides an important perspective on the controversial & crucial subject of global warming - for we can only understand climate change by looking into the distant past, long before the rise of humankind.
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2007
Physical description
xviii, 288 p.; 9.1 inches
ISBN
9780199548149
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Vignettes about plant life on the planet and how plants engineer the environment.