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Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life
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2024
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"Very well written popular science about the complexity of interactions in the system of earth, the coevolution and constant realignment of biologic and geologic forces"
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"I have a new appreciation for the idea/fact that Earth is its own organism. Book has some dense semantic-y parts but if everyone read this I think people might start to realize how urgent keeping Earth intact is."
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"Just wow! This book had so many amazing moments, reminding me of when I read Ed Yong's "I Contain Multitudes", and then it just kept going with more amazing moments. If you have any interest in ecology, nature, geology, or physical science read this "
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"Deeply beautiful writing about a bold and ambitious idea. Each chapter seems to stand alone well, and I will likely to return to many of the individual chapters, for reference and inspiration. I had originally checked this out from the library and ha"
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“To recognize that deep subsurface life not only exists but is also engaged in a continuous alchemy of earth—that it may have helped create the very crust it inhabits and on which all terrestrial life stands—is to redefine the modern understanding of how our planet came to be.”
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“Historically, evolution has been depicted as linear and branching, like a tree, or cross-linked, like a web. Although those metaphors certainly capture many evolutionary processes, others are much more sinuous—even circular. Again and again, life and environment alter each other through feedback loops. Through their behaviors and byproducts, living creatures make lasting changes to their surroundings that partly determine the fate of their descendants and of other species. Microbes can seed clouds. Forests on one continent can make it rain on another. Breath can sway a planet.”
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“The universe is indifferent to us, moving inexorably towards a state of maximum entropy in which living planets like ours - in which life of any kind - will be impossible. Earth is a beautiful rebellion and a precarious miracle: a garden in the void.”
― Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life
― Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life
“Historically, evolution has been depicted as linear and branching, like a tree, or cross-linked, like a web. Although those metaphors certainly capture many evolutionary processes, others are much more sinuous—even circular. Again and again, life and environment alter each other through feedback loops. Through their behaviors and byproducts, living creatures make lasting changes to their surroundings that partly determine the fate of their descendants and of other species. Microbes can seed clouds. Forests on one continent can make it rain on another. Breath can sway a planet.”
― Becoming Earth: A Journey Through the Hidden Wonders that Bring Our Planet to Life
― Becoming Earth: A Journey Through the Hidden Wonders that Bring Our Planet to Life
“Without synthetic nitrogen fertilizers, today’s global crop harvest would be halved and two out of every five people currently alive would not exist.”
― Becoming Earth: A Journey Through the Hidden Wonders that Bring Our Planet to Life
― Becoming Earth: A Journey Through the Hidden Wonders that Bring Our Planet to Life
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“Historically, evolution has been depicted as linear and branching, like a tree, or cross-linked, like a web. Although those metaphors certainly capture many evolutionary processes, others are much more sinuous—even circular. Again and again, life and environment alter each other through feedback loops. Through their behaviors and byproducts, living creatures make lasting changes to their surroundings that partly determine the fate of their descendants and of other species. Microbes can seed clouds. Forests on one continent can make it rain on another. Breath can sway a planet.”
― Becoming Earth: A Journey Through the Hidden Wonders that Bring Our Planet to Life
― Becoming Earth: A Journey Through the Hidden Wonders that Bring Our Planet to Life
“To recognize that deep subsurface life not only exists but is also engaged in a continuous alchemy of earth—that it may have helped create the very crust it inhabits and on which all terrestrial life stands—is to redefine the modern understanding of how our planet came to be.”
― Becoming Earth: A Journey Through the Hidden Wonders that Bring Our Planet to Life
― Becoming Earth: A Journey Through the Hidden Wonders that Bring Our Planet to Life
