Strata Stories from Deep Time Wilfrid Lupano Some would call River Rydell

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Strata Stories from Deep Time Wilfrid Lupano Some would call River RydellBy: Laura Poppick Published by W. W. Norton, Incorporated, 2025 07 15 The epic stories of our planet's 4. 54 billion year history are written in strata ages old remnants of ancient seafloors, desert dunes, and riverbeds striping landscapes around the world. In this brilliantly original debut work, science writer Laura Poppick decodes strata to lead us on a journey through four global transformations that made our lives on Earth possible: the first