Synopsis
Documentary series that explores the importance of water to human civilisation. How H2O causes deserts to bloom, creates rivers in the air and drives the great animal migrations.
- Programme: H2O: The Molecule That Made Us
- Episode: 01: Pulse
- Channel: BBC Four
- Broadcast year: 2021
- Biology
Licence: ERA Licence required
Free to watch for UK schools, colleges and universities with an ERA Licence
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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