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Part I: How has Earth evolved?
The birth of planet Earth
Learning the age of Earth
The evolution of continents
Life and conditions on early Earth
Reading rocks: the story of the Grand Canyon
Part II: Why are there ocean basins, continents, and mountains?
Internal Earth
Plate tectonics
Lavas from the depths of Earth
Great explosive volcanoes
Earthquakes
Mountains
The Alps
Part III: What causes Earth's climate and climate change?
The atmosphere
The world ocean
The geological record of climate change
Part IV: Why is Earth habitable?
Conditions for life
Black smokers from the deep
Some natural resources and how they form.
The birth of planet Earth
Learning the age of Earth
The evolution of continents
Life and conditions on early Earth
Reading rocks: the story of the Grand Canyon
Part II: Why are there ocean basins, continents, and mountains?
Internal Earth
Plate tectonics
Lavas from the depths of Earth
Great explosive volcanoes
Earthquakes
Mountains
The Alps
Part III: What causes Earth's climate and climate change?
The atmosphere
The world ocean
The geological record of climate change
Part IV: Why is Earth habitable?
Conditions for life
Black smokers from the deep
Some natural resources and how they form.