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Autore |
Beerling D. J |
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Titolo |
The emerald planet [[electronic resource] ] : how plants changed Earth's history / / David Beerling |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-191642-0 |
1-281-14687-0 |
9786611146870 |
0-19-151307-5 |
1-4294-7001-1 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (305 p.) |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Plants, Fossil |
Plants - Evolution |
Paleobotany |
Paleoecology |
Paleoclimatology |
Historical geology |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 2007. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Leaves, genes, and greenhouse gases -- Oxygen and the lost world of giants -- An ancient ozone catastrophe? -- Global warming ushers in the dinosaur era -- The flourishing forests of Antarctica -- Paradise lost -- Nature's green revolution -- Through a glass darkly. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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'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. |
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