Spanning Earth’s 4.5 billion years, this book explores the profound relationship between climate and life. Highlighting scientific discoveries, it delves into pivotal climate shifts – from extreme greenhouse effects to ice ages – and their role in mass extinctions, the rise of dinosaurs and mammals, human history, and more.

This fascinating book provides a thorough look into the history of earth’s climate. It challenges and explores alternatives to popular understanding, such how the Deccan Traps played a role in the mass extinction event that destroyed the non-avian dinosaurs. The book is compelling and easy to read.

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