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The story of carbonthe building block of life that ironically is humanitysgreat threat. Carbon has always been the ubiquitous architect of lifeIndeed all living things need it to stay alive and carbon cycles throughorganisms ground water and atmosphere in a kind of global respiration systemthat helps keep Earth in balance. Yet since the start of the industrial eracarbon dioxide emissions have sped up the carbon cycle and chlorofluorocarbonsare destroying the ozone layer and warming the planet. In The Carbon Agescience writer Eric Roston evokes this essential element illuminating historyfrom the Big Bang to modern civilization and chronicles the often surprisingways mankind has used carbon over centuries. Blending the latest science withoriginal reporting Roston charts how we reached the brink of catastrophemaking us aware as never before of the seminal impact carbon has on ourlives. «
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