Impossible extinction : natural catastrophes and the supremacy of the microbial world / Charles S. Cockell.

The medea hypothesis : is life on earth ultimately self-destructive? / Peter Ward.

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Impossible extinction : natural catastrophes and the supremacy of the microbial world / Charles S. Cockell.

The medea hypothesis : is life on earth ultimately self-destructive? / Peter Ward.