Burning planet the story of fire through time

"Raging wildfires have devastated vast areas of California and Australia in recent years, and predictions are that we will see more of the same in coming years as a result of climate change. But this is nothing new. Since the dawn of life on land, large-scale fires have played their part in sha...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Scott, Andrew C. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press 2018.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b47416993*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introducing fire
  • Getting dirty : what charcoal can tell us
  • Kindling
  • The rise, fall, and rise of fire
  • Fire, flowers, and dinosaurs
  • Fire and the coming of the modern world
  • Prometheus
  • The future of fire.