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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 shaping...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Scott, Andrew C.
Format: Printed Book
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.