Kyle Harrison
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The Ends of the World

The Ends of the World: Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans, and Our Quest to Understand Earth's Past Mass Extinctions
Author
Peter Brannen
Published
2017
Pages
321
Recommended
Once
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Why it’s on the list: The five mass extinctions, reported from the rock — and the case that carbon has been the mechanism nearly every time.

Where I saw it: A reply to @SpencrGreenberg’s question on X, June 5, 2025 — “What non-fiction book taught you the most about how the world (or how humanity or society) really works?” — recovered from that thread and saved to Kyle’s Apple Note “Books To Read”. Thread: https://x.com/spencrgreenberg/status/1930639380424577198

Connections

  • A question for you — What non-fiction… (tweet) — the saved thread this recommendation came from.
  • Evolution · Energy · History — where this sits in the corpus.