The earth machine: the science of a dynamic planet

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.