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Geological Magazine; January 2008; v. 145; no. 1; p. 152-153; DOI: 10.1017/S0016756807004086
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BEERLING, D. 2007. The Emerald Planet. How Plants Changed Earth’s History.

xvi + 288 pp. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. Price £14.99 (hard covers). ISBN 9780 19 280602 4.

Howard J. Falcon-Lang

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In most books dealing with the history of life, fossil plants comprise the fuzzy backdrop to a zoological drama of ‘hopeful monsters’. At best, they may be permitted to give a static performance and mumble through a few disjointed lines. That’s why David Beerling’s new book – which brings plants onto centre stage – is so refreshingly novel. Through three hundred well written pages and seven geological case studies, Beerling emphasizes plants as a dynamic agent in the Earth’s system, simultaneously shaping the . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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