Earth: The Nature of Our Planet

It's the solid crust of our planet, the perfect element in which to record the stories of deep time and of lifetimes. Change and progression is the way of earth. Air and water turn solid rock into soil.

How the flow of water has the power to shape all inhabitants on Earth, produces climate-changing weather and supporting species, from the largest whales to microscopic plankton.

A miraculous mantle envelops the entire planet - a thin skin of gasses called 'air'. Without it, there would be no life or weather, no habitable conditions, or protection from lethal ultraviolet radiation or meteorites from outer space.