Becoming Earth explores the concept of Earth as a living system, tracing its evolution from a lifeless planet to a thriving ecosystem. It highlights the profound impact of life on the planet's climate, oceans, and soil, and how it has shaped our world. Jabr's narrative is captivating, and his descriptions and explanations are lucid, making the book accessible to a wide audience. It is a fascinating and inspiring read for anyone interested in the natural world and our place in it.
Becoming Earth explores the concept of Earth as a living system, tracing its evolution from a lifeless planet to a thriving ecosystem. It highlights the profound impact of life on the planet's climate, oceans, and soil, and how it has shaped our world. Jabr's narrative is captivating, and his descriptions and explanations are lucid, making the book accessible to a wide audience. It is a fascinating and inspiring read for anyone interested in the natural world and our place in it.

Format: Hardback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 29 August 2024
Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Becoming Earth is a groundbreaking work of science writing that explores the profound and transformative relationship between life and our planet.

A radically thought-provoking account of a major shift in how we understand our Earth

The notion of a living world is one of humanity's oldest beliefs, but it has gained acceptance in recent decades. Life not only adapts to its surroundings but also shapes them in dramatic and enduring ways. Over billions of years, life transformed a lump of orbiting rock into our cosmic oasis, breathing oxygen into the atmosphere, concocting the modern oceans, and turning rock into fertile soil. Life is intertwined with Earth's capacity to regulate its climate and maintain balance.

In Becoming Earth, Ferris Jabr shows us how Earth became the world we've known, how it is rapidly becoming a very different world, and how we will determine what kind of Earth our descendants inherit for millennia to come. This fascinating, thought-provoking, and ultimately inspiring book explores the profound and transformative relationship between life and our planet through compelling narrative, evocative descriptions, and lucid explanations.

Fascinating, thought-provoking, and inspiring

Becoming Earth is a groundbreaking work of science writing that explores the profound and transformative relationship between life and our planet. It is a must-read for anyone interested in the natural world and our place in it.

Elizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth Extinction, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction

Elizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth Extinction, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction, describes Becoming Earth as "fascinating, thought-provoking, and ultimately inspiring."

A groundbreaking work of science writing

Becoming Earth is a groundbreaking work of science writing that explores the profound and transformative relationship between life and our planet. It is a must-read for anyone interested in the natural world and our place in it.

Weight: 510g
Dimension: 244 x 160 x 30 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529038156