The Ends of the World : Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans and Our Quest to Understand Earth's Past Mass Extinc

Resumen del libro

Over the past decade has come a revolution in our understanding of global apocalypses. Armed with new technology, scientists have dived into deep time to examine our planet's near-death experiences. The bad news is that they look eerily like our future.

Take a wild ride through the crime scenes, from South Africa to the New York Palisades. Meet the obsessive, off-kilter personalities using cutting-edge forensic tools to piece together the weird and wonderful clues hiding in the fossil record - dragonflies the size of seagulls and fishes with guillotines for mouths. A rip-roaring chronicle and a cautionary tale, The Ends of the World reveals how these five near extinctions gave rise to our modern world - we've never seen so clearly what Armageddon looks like.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;b Peter Brannenx{0026}lt;/b es un galardonado periodista científico y colabora habitualmente con el medio x{0026}lt;i The Atlanticx{0026}lt;/i . Ha escrito para el x{0026}lt;i New York Timesx{0026}lt;/i , el x{0026}lt;i Washington Postx{0026}lt;/i , x{0026}lt;i Wiredx{0026}lt;/i , x{0026}lt;i Aeonx{0026}lt;/i , x{0026}lt;i Boston Globex{0026}lt;/i , x{0026}lt;i Slatex{0026}lt;/i y x{0026}lt;i The Guardianx{0026}lt;/i , entre otras publicaciones. Graduado de Boston College, en 2015 fue periodista residente en el Centro Nacional de Síntesis Evolutiva de la Universidad de Duke y en 2011 fue becario de Periodismo de Ciencias Oceánicas de la Institución Oceanográfica Woods Hole. Este es su primer libro.