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The Molecule That Made Us
Water is Life
Geologist Stephen Mojzsis visits the Krafla Lava Fields, in Northern Iceland, and Isua, Greenland, and explains why life cannot exist without water, but he also shows us that the interplay between life and the atmosphere keeps earth at the perfect temperature – just right for liquid water. So, life has perpetuated the liquid water on the surface of our planet for geologic time.
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Earth’s changing water cycle, and water for profit, are forcing changes across the globe.
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Travel into the past to see how water created the earliest civilizations.
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How did water become the essential force behind all life? Dive in!