The History of Life:
On Earth and Beyond
The History of Life and Climate.
Climate change has played a role in every past extinction. The geological record shows this. Now more than ever we need to look at the history of life on Earth and beyond to understand our future.
Many paleontology books are on the market, but it’s becoming increasingly important to link the paleontological record with climate change. While many extinctions can be tied to volcanic eruptions or asteroid impacts, climate has always played a part.
Our approach to this new volume is to provide students with this perspective while introducing them to concepts in paleontology and the tools that paleontologists use to unravel the history of the Earth and other planets.
This volume will be an online eBook in a format that students of today use to consume information. Therefore, our eBook will contain embedded video, 3D imagery, virtual reality and vivid imagery to present a chronology of life of Earth. As a bonus, we will also be adding material on astrobiology and the search for life in space which may hold clues as to how life on Earth got started.
Help Us to Help You.
As we assemble this volume, we are looking for faculty who might use this eBook to teach a university course as a science elective or as an introductory course in paleontology. To meet your needs we are looking for your input on the topics that you would like to see in this eBook to complement your suite of teaching materials.
Contact us for more information.
Your Authors
Jere H. Lipps, PhD
Jere is Professor of the Graduate School at the University of California at Berkeley and was director of the Museum of Paleontology (1989-1997). He also served as President of the Paleontological Society in 1997 and the Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research for five years. He has taught courses in geology, evolutionary biology, astrobiology and climate change.
Mike Kozuch, PhD
Mike is a geophysicist whose interests and experience span a variety of earth and ocean sciences. Mike has mapped the geology in Honduras, developed seismic hazard models of Venezuela, managed a major GPS campaign across 5 countries in the southeast Caribbean, and worked on earthquake hazards in New Zealand. More recently he taught oceanography and geology courses at California State University East Bay for over 15 years and co-authored an eBook on climate. Mike is now engaged in using social media and new technologies in science outreach and has appeared on the Weather Channel mini-series The Earth Unlocked.