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Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life
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""Becoming Earth" was a thoughtful and engaging audiobook that encouraged me to reflect on our connection with the planet, particularly through the lens of the Gaia hypothesis. It is fascinating to imagine that the Earth functions as a self-regulating"
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"I can be hesitant when a read a nonfiction on a topic in which I have limited knowledge. Will the author simplify things too much or will the reader feel themself slogging through a dense textbook? The author achieved the perfect balance and the resu"
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"Brilliant nonfiction title that not only made me better understand the earth's formation, life, and future, there were moments that were virtually poetic. I enjoyed the author's personal adventures as he explored and studied the almost-unbelievable e"
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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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“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
“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
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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
