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Every 225 million years the Earth, and all the life on it,

completes one revolution around our Milky Way Galaxy. During this

remarkable journey, life is influenced by calamitous changes.

Comets and asteroids strike the surface of the Earth, stars explode

near by, enormous volcanoes erupt, and more recently, humans litter

the planet with waste. Many animals and plants become extinct

during the voyage, but humble microbes, simple creatures made of a

single cell, survive this journey. This book takes a tour of the

microbial world, from the coldest and deepest places on Earth to

the hottest and highest, and witnesses some of the most

catastrophic events that life can face. Impossible Extinction tells

this remarkable story for the general reader explaining how

microbes have survived on Earth for over three billion years.

Preface

1. The galactic roulette

2. Primordial leftovers

3. The microbial menagerie

4. The record of catastrophe

5. The sky falls in

6. Supernova fry up

7. Fire from below

8. Intelligent stupidity

9. The world is not enough?

Numbers and units

Glossary

Index

Charles S. Cockell, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge

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Every 225 million years the Earth, and all the life on it, completes one revolution around our Milky Way Galaxy. During this remarkable journey, life is influenced by calamitous changes. Comets and asteroids strike the surface of the Earth, stars explode near by, enormous volcanoes erupt, and more recently, humans litter the planet with waste. Many animals and plants become extinct during the voyage, but humble microbes, simple creatures made of a single cell, survive this journey. This book takes a tour of the microbial world, from the coldest and deepest places on Earth to the hottest and highest, and witnesses some of the most catastrophic events that life can face. Impossible Extinction tells this remarkable story for the general reader explaining how microbes have survived on Earth for over three billion years.