Exploring Our Living Planet

From the Foreword: "We let the cliche roll off our tongues, 'this fascinating world,' when we see something that is new or surprising. But we seldom think about the magnificence of the world as a - well, as a world. Only on those rare occasions of great volcanic eruptions or rending earthquakes do we remember that this Earth on which we walk and ride and dig and build is in a sense as much a living thing as the creatures it has spawned. Earth is living and dying, all the time creating and destroying its own surface. It is a body in motion, alive - and in its vitality, awesome...."