The Earth as you've never seen it before.
The ancient Greeks called it Gaia; the Romans Terra. We know it simply as Earth,
the planet we call home. And what a planet it is.
Formed around 4.6 billion years ago from the debris of the big bang and long-dead stars,
at first it was nothing special,
but somehow it evolved to become the most amazing place in the known Universe. The only living planet we know of,
it also has a very unusual moon,
a remarkably dynamic surface,
a complex atmosphere and a deeply mysterious interior.
This is Planet Earth is dedicated to the wonders of planet Earth. Its past is long and dramatic and its future shrouded in mystery. Yet despite centuries of research,
only now are we starting to understand Earth's complexity.
ISBN-13: 9781529381986
Media Type: Paperback
Publisher: Mobius
Publication Date: 11-01-2022
Pages: 224
Product Dimensions: 5.00(w) x 7.75(h) x 0.75(d)
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Table of Contents
Series introduction vii
Contributors ix
Guest contributors xi
Introduction xiii
1 Formative years 1
2 The long sweep of time 23
3 Inside and out 45
4 Plates, quakes and eruptions 71
5 Shifting ideas 95
6 Atmosphere, climate and weather 115
7 Oceans 149
8 Life 169
9 Welcome to the Anthropocene 189
10 Climate change 203
11 Conclusion 233
50 down-to-Earth ideas 237
Glossary 261
Picture credits 265
Index 267
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