Extreme Earth
Earth looks solid and familiar, but beneath our feet it is hot, fractured and constantly changing. Explore the forces that build mountains, open oceans, shake cities and reshape the planet over deep time.
Inside the Planet
Beneath the crust are layers so hot and pressurised that they behave nothing like the ground we stand on.
Moving Plates
Earth’s crust is broken into enormous plates that creep across the planet over millions of years.
Volcanoes
Volcanoes are places where material from inside Earth reaches the surface, sometimes gently and sometimes explosively.
Earthquakes
Earthquakes happen when rocks suddenly release energy that has been building under stress.
Mountains
Mountains rise where Earth’s crust is squeezed, lifted, broken or built by volcanoes.
Caves and the Hidden Underground
Water can carve entire landscapes beneath the surface, leaving chambers, rivers and crystal formations in darkness.
Ice That Moves
Glaciers look still, but they flow, grind rock and reshape entire landscapes.
Hot Water From Below
Geysers and hot springs reveal places where groundwater meets heat from deep inside Earth.
Tsunamis and Giant Waves
A tsunami is not an ordinary wave. It is the movement of an enormous volume of water across an ocean.
Earth Never Stands Still
The planet we know is one frame in a story billions of years long.