Earth and life exist in delicate balance, a continuous whirling dance of planetary and life processes that began when life first evolved in the oceans 3.6 billion years ago. Today, the oceans, air and land swirl with plants, animals, fungi and single-celled organisms in astounding richness and diversity.

Connected Planet – an exhibition from the Oxford University Museum of Natural History – takes us on a global safari from wind and waves to grassy plains to witness some of the points where life and earth processes meet and shape each other.