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"Under a Green Sky"

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Posted on April 10, 2013 at 12:31:40
oscar
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 I purchased this book a while ago because of a renewed interest in the climate change debate. He postulates a possible cause of a Mass Extinction event roughly 250 million years ago and how its' causes might be germane to anthropogenic global warming. One fascinating facet of this book is his description of his own life experiences and insight into level of detail Scientists go into to develop their thesis/experiments to help contribute to the overall understanding of Earth's history.


"Paleontologist Peter Ward’s book on mass extinctions and climate change provides a deep-time perspective that is both sobering and necessary. Under a Green Sky puts the present within a geological context while also making the climate crisis feel even more personal and pressing...."

This is test to see if any interest can be generated on this forum.

 

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The Story of Earth, posted on April 10, 2013 at 14:25:32
jedrider
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 This book promises to be more comprehensive if not so focused on mass extinctions. A great read.

Author does not make much of the greatest extinction event of all, but covers the evolution of the continents very well.

He says "The Earth will be fine. The people, maybe not!"

 

On a similar vein..., posted on April 10, 2013 at 15:04:50
mkuller
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 ...I'm reading Al Gore's new book called "The Future".

I think Gore developed climate change research after he invented the internet.

Actually, it's a very interesting book - he's a very smart guy and has done a lot of research presenting many facts to substantiate his comments about how we got here and where it will lead us.

When I was in college in the lte 1960s I read Toffler's "Future Shock" which I found fascinating. Some years later in the 1980s I read his "Third Wave" about how computers would take over our lives.

 

There was a show on the History channel I always found interesting to watch., posted on April 11, 2013 at 04:32:59
oscar
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 ...Which tries to condense the entire history of the World in one (1) hour (or was it two ?). A lush ecosystem wiped away when the Earth was completely covered by ice, periods when there was no ice in the polar seas, and mass extinction events. Homo Sapiens represents just a tiny blip in the history of the planet. Who is to say that intelligent, technological species have not previously evolved on Earth and disappeared again under the weight of time.

 

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