This is planet Earth :  your ultimate guide to the world we call home 

 - Boston, MA :   Nicholas Brealey Publishing,   c2018.  
 - xiv, 274 p. :  ill. ;  22 cm. 
 - NewScientist New Scientist instant expert .
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>•	Introduction <br/>•	1. Formative years <br/>•	2. The long sweep of time <br/>•	3. Inside and out <br/>•	4. Plates, quakes and eruptions <br/>•	5. Shifting ideas <br/>•	6. Atmosphere, climate and weather <br/>•	7. Oceans <br/>•	8. Life <br/>•	9. Welcome to the Anthropocene <br/>•	10. Climate change <br/>•	11. Conclusion <br/>•	50 down-to-Earth ideas <br/>•	Glossary. <br/> 
<br/><br/> "Formed from the debris of the Big Bang and long-dead stars, Earth has been both a hellish modern blob and a giant snowball. For a billion years it nurtured strange lifeforms before committing a global genocide. In doing so, it created the conditions for life as we know it, and today its ozone layer and magnetic field protect that life from the worst ravages of the Sun."--Back cover.  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781473670389 9781473629776 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2018941131 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Surface of the Earth<br/>Age<br/>Planets--Surfaces
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>551 PL AN