Description: Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds by Thomas Halliday ; Random House; 2022 Hardcover book with DJ. Good condition. Clean, Book: Spine and binding tight. Some white spots on front cover. Minor edge wear to corners, edges and spine. Spine, corners bumped. Inside, no markings. Pages clean and crisp. DJ in good condition with mild wrinkling of inner flap and some edge wear. 6.5" x 9.5"; 387 pages The past is past, but it does leave clues, and Thomas Halliday has used cutting-edge science to decipher them more completely than ever before. In Otherlands, Halliday makes sixteen fossil sites burst to life on the page. This book is an exploration of the Earth as it used to exist, the changes that have occurred during its history, and the ways that life has found to adapt―or not. It takes us from the savannahs of Pliocene Kenya to watch a python chase a group of australopithecines into an acacia tree; to a cliff overlooking the salt pans of the empty basin of what will be the Mediterranean Sea just as water from the Miocene Atlantic Ocean spills in; into the tropical forests of Eocene Antarctica; and under the shallow pools of Ediacaran Australia, where we glimpse the first microbial life. Otherlands also offers us a vast perspective on the current state of the planet. The thought that something as vast as the Great Barrier Reef, for example, with all its vibrant diversity, might one day soon be gone sounds improbable. But the fossil record shows us that this sort of wholesale change is not only possible but has repeatedly happened throughout Earth history. Even as he operates on this broad canvas, Halliday brings us up close to the intricate relationships that defined these lost worlds. In novelistic prose that belies the breadth of his research, he illustrates how ecosystems are formed; how species die out and are replaced; and how species migrate, adapt, and collaborate. It is a breathtaking achievement: a surprisingly emotional narrative about the persistence of life, the fragility of seemingly permanent ecosystems, and the scope of deep time, all of which have something to tell us about our current crisis.
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Book Title: Otherlands : a Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
Original Language: English
Item Length: 9.5 in
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Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Item Height: 1.25 in
Personalized: No
Features: Dust Jacket
Topic: Natural History, Ecology, Paleontology
Item Width: 6.5 in
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Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Inscribed: No
Intended Audience: Adults
Publication Year: 2022
Author: Thomas Halliday
Genre: Nature, Science
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Item Weight: 26 oz
Number of Pages: 387 Pages
