The Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary~ 65.5 million years ago marks one of the three largest
mass extinctions in the past 500 million years. The extinction event coincided with a large …

We review available data constraining the extent, volume, age and duration of all major
Phanerozoic continental flood basalts (CFB or traps) and oceanic plateaus (OP), together …

The temporal link between large igneous province (LIP) eruptions and at least half of the
major extinctions of the Phanerozoic implies that large scale volcanism is the main driver of …

Most large (over a kilometre in diameter) near-Earth asteroids are now known, but
recognition that airbursts (or fireballs resulting from nuclear-weapon-sized detonations of …

The much expanded sixth edition of Environmental Hazards provides a fully up-to-date
overview of all the extreme events that threaten people and what they value in the 21st …

This article presents a current (as of September 2019) list of recommended ages for proven
terrestrial impact structures (n= 200) and deposits (n= 46) sourced from the primary …

The fourth edition of Physics of the Earth maintains the original philosophy of this classic
graduate textbook on fundamental solid earth geophysics, while being completely revised …

Climate change, nuclear proliferation, and the threat of a global pandemic have the potential
to impact each of our lives. Preventing these threats poses a serious global challenge, but …

Amongst the diversity of methods used by organisms to reduce damage caused by
ultraviolet (UV) radiation, the synthesis of UV-screening compounds is almost ubiquitous …

Earth as an Evolving Planetary System, Fourth Edition discusses key topics dealing with the
evolution and interaction through time of Earth's crust, mantle, core, atmosphere …