From the celebrated author of The Ends of the World, an epic biography of the molecule that made – and could now break – everything we knowAll life is made from CO2 . It was there at earth’s birth, and throughout evolution. It has kept our planet habitable for hundreds of millions of years. It has given us all the splendours of the world we know today. And yet it also holds the potential for life's destruction.In this gripping adventure through era...

One of Vox’s Most Important Books of the DecadeNew York Times Editors' Choice 2017Forbes Top 10 Best Environment, Climate, and Conservation Book of 2017As new groundbreaking research suggests that climate change played a major role in the most extreme catastrophes in the planet's history, award-winning science journalist Peter Brannen takes us on a wild ride through the planet's five mass e...

Our world has stood on the brink of Armageddon five times – discover how it came back from the brink'Gripping.' The New YorkerApocalypse, now?Death by fire, ice, poison gas, suffocation, asteroid. At five moments through history life on Earth was dragged to the very edge of extinction.Now, armed with revolutionary technology, scientists are uncovering clues about what caused these catastrophes. Deep-diving into past...

Selección del editor 2017 del New York Times.Entre los 10 mejores libros 2017 sobre el medio ambiente, el clima y la conservación según Forbes.En este documentadísimo (y no menos divertido) relato de las grandes extinciones del pasado, Peter Brannen nos demuestra que los fósiles también pueden darnos pistas para no ser los siguientes en extinguirnos en el futuro.Aunque no lo parezca, nuestra Tierra...

How carbon dioxide made planet Earth, shaped human history, and now holds our future in the balanceEvery year, we are dangerously warping the climate by putting gigantic amounts of carbon dioxide into the air. But CO2 isn’t merely the by-product of burning fossil fuels—it is also fundamental to how our planet works. All life is ultimately made from CO2, and it has kept Earth bizarrely habitable for hundreds of millions of years. In short, it is the most important s...

As new groundbreaking research suggests that climate change played a major role in the most extreme catastrophes in the planet's history, award-winning science journalist Peter Brannen takes us on a wild ride through the planet's five mass extinctions and, in the process, offers us a glimpse of our increasingly dangerous future.Our world has ended five times: it has been broiled, frozen, poison-gassed, smothered, and pelted by asteroids. In The Ends of the World, Peter Bra...

**Brought to you by Penguin.From the celebrated author of The Ends of the World, an epic biography of the molecule that made – and could now break – everything we know**All life is made from CO2 . It was there at earth’s birth, and throughout evolution. It has kept our planet habitable for hundreds of millions of years. It has given us all the splendours of the world we know today. And yet it also holds the potential for life's destruction.In this gripping ...

"Szellemes, lírai, és izgalmas, mint egy krimi. Brannen bámulatos mesélő, márpedig ezt a történetet érdemes elmesélni." GoodreadsApokalipszis, most?A Föld történetében eddig ötször fordult elő, hogy egyetlen geológiai pillanat - kevesebb mint egymillió év - alatt csaknem valamennyi élőlény megsemmisült.A legújabb tudományos kutatások szerint a tömeges kihalásokat azonban nem valamilyen külső tényező - például egy kisbolygó becsapódása - okozta; a földtörténet megakat...

First published in 1976, The Worker Directors: A Sociology of Participation offers an exploration of industrial democracy and the role of worker participation in corporate decision-making. Drawing on extensive research and case studies, the authors delve into the emergence and implementation of worker-director schemes, with a particular focus on the British steel industry during a period of significant economic and social change.The book examines the evolution of participa...

First published in 1991, Managing Mothers (now with a new preface by the authors) provides a detailed, authoritative inside story of the lives of parents, and particularly mothers, who return to work after the birth of a first child. It is based on a study of couples who have combined the transition to parenthood with two full-time jobs in the labour market. The authors provide extensive personal accounts from interviews and statistical data that shed light on the experience and s...

No disease has upended life more in the past fifty years than COVID-19. As the pandemic unfolded, coeditors Christine Crudo Blackburn and Gerald W. Parker saw how many areas of society are impacted and how those impacts can ripple through to other sectors.Seeking to provide both warnings of these vulnerabilities and direction for future efforts to address them, Blackburn and Parker have assembled a cross-disciplinary, multinational team of researchers and writers to provide a criti...