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The emerald planet, the emerald planet: how plants changed Earth's history by David Beerling, D. J. Beerling is a science book available to read on EtoBox.

Global warming is contentious and difficult to measure, even among the majority of scientists who agree that it is taking place. Will temperatures rise by 2°C or 8°C over the next hundred years? Will sea levels rise by 2 or 30 feet? The only way that we can accurately answer questions like these is by looking into the distant past, for a comparison with the world long before the rise of mankind. We may currently believe that atmospheric shifts, like global warming, result from our impact on the

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
David Beerling, D. J. Beerling
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Published
2007
Language
EN
ISBN
9780199548149
Category
science
Subjects
Historical Fiction, Science, Global Warming & Climate Change
Rating
4.05 / 5 (304 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-13

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