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The Story of CO2 Is the Story of Everything: How Carbon Dioxide Made Our World

Peter Brannen

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#3449 of 3,809 books · #508 in Science & Technology

Shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and Technology (2025).

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 adventure through eras and places, Peter Brannen tells the story of the world's most important molecule. We travel from the beginning of time all the way up to our present reality, witnessing the staggering journey that CO2 has undertaken. As we watch its movements through the rocks, the air, the oceans and living beings over four billion years, we come to see more clearly what it means for us to be churning through ancient life – in the form of fossil fuels – as we power our industrial world. We are, Brannen shows, performing an unprecedented experiment on our planet. If we are to avoid its catastrophic consequences, we must all begin to deepen our understanding of this curious substance, which has given us everything from the very first life forms on earth to the business titans reshaping our planet today.

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Publisher
Ecco
ISBN-13
9781802062335
Topics
Carbon dioxide and climate historyEarth's geological evolutionClimate change

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