Life in Late Carboniferous and Early Permian covered by a new book

A richly illustrated book Late Paleozoic Forests and Lakes. When Coal Was Still Green was released by the Academia Publishing House. Texts in the book are authored by Prof. Stanislav Opluštil of Charles University and by Jaroslav Zajíc, a senior scientist of the Institute of Geology. Figures with original reconstructions of flora and fauna were created by painter Jiří Svoboda. The book will attract not only those interested in paleontology and geology but also students of nature-scientific disciplines.