How is our planet's surface — from the creation and disintegration of mountains, to the first breaths of flora — related to the geologic evolution of Earth's climate?

In this episode of Wonder, Holly Cooke and Dr Anthony Reid are joined by Dr Andrew Merdith from the University of Adelaide. We explore the evolution of land plants to the formation of opals in the Australian outback, and our conversation asks why Earth’s internal heat, tectonic movements, and carbon cycles drive dramatic shifts in climate and life throughout deep time.

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Thanks to the Institute for Sustainability, Energy and Resources, at the University of Adelaide, for making this episode of Wonder possible.

GeoCo connects to you from the traditional country of the Kaurna people of the Adelaide Plains, South Australia. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present, and emerging.

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