The Story
of CO2 Is the Story of Everything: A Planetary Experiment Hardcover – 26 Aug.
2025
by Peter
Brannen (Author)
From the
celebrated author of The Ends of the World, an epic biography of the molecule
that made – and could now break – everything we know
All life
is made from CO2 . It was there at earth’s birth, and throughout evolution. It
has kept our planet habitable for hundreds of millions of years. It has given
us all the splendours of the world we know today. And yet it also holds the
potential for life's destruction.
In this
gripping adventure through eras and places, award-winning science journalist
Peter Brannen tells the story of the world’s most important molecule. We travel
from the beginning of time all the way up to our present reality, witnessing
the staggering journey that CO2 has undertaken.
As we
watch its movements through the rocks, the air, the oceans and living beings
over four billion years, we come to see more clearly what it means for us to be
churning through ancient life – in the form of fossil fuels – as we power our
industrial world. We are, Brannen shows, performing an unprecedented experiment
on our planet. If we are to avoid its catastrophic consequences, we must all
begin to deepen our understanding of this curious substance, which has given us
everything from the very first life forms on earth to the business titans
reshaping our planet today.
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