📗 Libro en inglés THE STORY OF CO2 IS THE STORY OF EVERYTHING

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 eras and places award winning science journalist 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