Long before the genesis of life, Earth was covered in water. Today, water vapor fills the atmosphere. Great masses of ice stretch across the planet’s poles, and beautiful, aquatic landscapes decorate its many continents. Our blue planet owes its fruitful development to this clear, inorganic solvent, but how could a single chemical substance influence the evolution of an entire planet?
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Founder / Director: Peter Schumaker
Chief Editor:Tristan Reed
Content Editors:
Content Editors:
Caroline Palmer Puschendorf, Ph.D. (Marine Biologist)
Stacy W. Kish (Oceanography)
Original soundtrack by Joseph McDade
