How the World Works Planet Earth

The Earth is a restless, ever-changing mass of rock, molten at its centre and wrapped in a crust of shifting continents. Over millions of years, that movement has thrown up mountains and volcanoes, carved rivers and glaciers, and eventually created the conditions for life itself. This is a fascinating synthesis of how the Earth came to be and the landforms, plants and animals that make up its unique environment, covering the atmosphere, the planet's magnetic core, the formation and drift of continents, the origins of life, the end of the dinosaurs, and the diversity of life on Earth alongside the impact of humans upon it.