A review by alanrussellfuller
The Ends of the World: Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans, and Our Quest to Understand Earth's Past Mass Extinctions by Peter Brannen

4.0

The author examines the five major mass extinctions found in the geologic record. Darwin attributed the breaks in the fossil record to an imperfect rock record. Today we know better. Stupendous eras of volcanic eruptions have poured massive amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere that coincide with the acidification of the seas.

"...it’s not unreasonable to compare what is going on today with the worst disasters in earth’s history." (p. 166)