The Amazing Birth of Earth: A Journey Through the Hidden Wonders That Gave Life to Our Planet
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Since Darwin, life on our planet has been viewed in terms of evolution. But it’s not just Earth that influences the living world — its inhabitants also transform the planet. Seaweed changes the chemical composition of the ocean, and centuries ago, it was ocean bacteria that gave the sky its blue color. But no one influences the appearance of the planet more than humans.
In this book, Ferris Jabr convincingly shows that people, the world around us, and the Earth are inextricably linked. We will visit Wrangel Island and the bottom of the ocean, travel back in time to the Pleistocene era and get acquainted with the endless expanses of tropical forests, so that you will no longer doubt: Earth is not the planet on which life originated, but the planet that came to life. What future awaits our common home?
“Life gives our planet its anatomy and physiology - its breathing, pulse, and metabolism. Without the transformations life has wrought over billions of years, Earth would be completely unrecognizable. Life not only exists on Earth, it is the Earth. We have as much reason to think of our planet as a living organism as we do ourselves." (Ferris Jabr)
In this book, Ferris Jabr convincingly shows that people, the world around us, and the Earth are inextricably linked. We will visit Wrangel Island and the bottom of the ocean, travel back in time to the Pleistocene era and get acquainted with the endless expanses of tropical forests, so that you will no longer doubt: Earth is not the planet on which life originated, but the planet that came to life. What future awaits our common home?
“Life gives our planet its anatomy and physiology - its breathing, pulse, and metabolism. Without the transformations life has wrought over billions of years, Earth would be completely unrecognizable. Life not only exists on Earth, it is the Earth. We have as much reason to think of our planet as a living organism as we do ourselves." (Ferris Jabr)
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