Otros mundos

What was our planet like hundreds of millions of years ago? How did life on Earth recover after the most devastating extinctions? The past leaves traces, and multi-award winning young investigator Thomas Halliday has used cutting-edge science to decipher them more completely than ever before. With a lucid and poetic gaze, he reads the footprints in the frozen sand to take us on an incredible journey through time through worlds that are both fabulous and familiar. Other Worlds brings sixteen ecosystems from an unimaginably remote past to life, showcasing moving continents, glass reefs, ten-foot-tall mushrooms, giant penguins, feathered reptiles, and many other astonishing creatures of almost mythological appeal. As we travel back in time, we rediscover our own home in unrecognizable ways, overwhelmed by transforming ecosystems and devastating scenarios that have caused the demise of countless species. However, fortunately, life has always ended up imposing itself... for now. This wonderful book is also a warning of the disturbing future facing our planet.