Publisher's Synopsis
The place Earth has in the solar system, occupying the goldilocks spot where temperatures are benign,
How Earth began and how it has evolved and what drives its ever-changing atmosphere,
Why Earth is different to other worlds in the solar system and what makes it so,
How life has transformed Earth and why that is so,
What makes its physical processes work (volcanoes, tides, earthquakes, tsunamis, etc),
What the future holds for Earth and what is its ultimate fate where the Sun has a finite life.
