A colourful coral outcrop on Flynn Reef

A self-paced learning trail

Read the living planet

Follow ice, volcanic rock, reefs and coastal habitats through the collection.

Photo creditToby Hudson ยท CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized for display.

Five chapters. A different way of seeing.

  1. Chapter 1

    How ice writes a landscape

    Valleys, rock and the clues a glacier leaves behind.

  2. Chapter 2

    Columns made by cooling

    The geometry behind some extraordinary volcanic landscapes.

  3. Chapter 3

    A reef is a living landscape

    Read the shapes, habitats and distances beneath the blue.

  4. Chapter 4

    Between land and sea

    Mangroves, lagoons and the importance of the edges.

  5. Chapter 5

    A quieter way to watch wildlife

    Habitat, patience and realistic expectations.

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