Burning planet
Subtitle: the story of fire through time
By: Andrew C. Scott
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9780198734840
Subjects: Forest fires; Wildfires; Fire ecology; Fire; Fire management; History
Description: 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 shaping life on Earth. Andrew Scott tells the whole story of fire's impact on our planet's atmosphere, climate, vegetation, ecology, and the evolution of plant and animal life.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-216) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introducing fire; title: Getting dirty: what charcoal can tell us; title: Kindling; title: The rise, fall, and rise of fire; title: Fire, flowers, and dinosaurs; title: Fire and the coming of the modern world; title: Prometheus; title: The future of fire.