Research Catalog

Title

Making Eden : how plants transformed a barren planet / David Beerling.

Author

Beerling, D. J.

Publication

Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.

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Details

Description

xii, 257 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 25 cm

Summary

From the first tiny green scouts that clung to watery banks, plants spread across the land, opening their leaves to the sun, growing tall, turning the world green. How did plants accomplish this extraordinary feat? The author takes us through the story, from the first tentative steps of moss-like plants to the bold march of forests, the appearance of flowers adding a riot of colors, and the spread of grasses. It is a tale scientists are just coming to understand, but one this is clear: plants have not just painted the planet in luxuriant greenery, they have altered the workings of its climate and soils. We destroy them at our peril.

Subject

• Plants > Evolution
• Biodiversity

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

All flesh is grass -- Fifty shades of green -- Genomes decoded -- Ancient genes, new plants -- Gas valves -- Ancestral alliances -- Sculpting climate -- Eden under siege -- Simplified geologic timescale from the Cambrian -- Endnotes -- FIgure credits -- Plate credits -- Publisher's acknowledgments -- Index.

Call Number

JFE 20-252

ISBN

• 019879830X
• 9780198798309

LCCN

2018965379

OCLC

1047554111

Author

Beerling, D. J., author.

Title

Making Eden : how plants transformed a barren planet / David Beerling.

Publisher

Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 20-252