Graham Shields - Born of Ice and Fire : How Glaciers and Volcanoes (wi

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The item is a book Hardback
The Author Name is Graham Shields
The Title is Born of Ice and Fire : How Glaciers and Volcanoes (with a Pinch of Salt) Drove Animal Evolution

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An exploration of how the Cryogenian Period, when our planet was covered in ice for millions of years, created todaya€s remarkable biodiversity A  More than half a billion years ago, our world was completely covered by glaciers, a a€œSnowball Eartha€ that persisted for millions of years. Incredibly, this unimaginable cold led to the remarkable diversification of life on earth known as the Cambrian explosion. With a geologista€s eye and a knack for storytelling, Graham Shields explores when and how such inhospitable conditions enabled animals to evolve, radiate, and diversify into our earliest ancestors. A  This journey navigates the wild swings between hot and cold climates, oxygenation and asphyxiation, biological radiations and extinctions, asking how such instability relates to grander forces that brought our planet to its modern state. Shields guides readers through evidence found in the Australian outback, Mongolia, Scotland, and other locales, revealing how geologists can trace glaciation, the atmosphere, oceans, mountain building, and more through the eartha€s rocks, providing a comprehensive theory of how life evolved and diversified.

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