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Earth: How Plate Tectonics Sets Up Life

A Field Guide to the Planets · Season 1 · Episode 4
A theory proposed less than 70 years ago says that plate tectonics could be a main driver of life on Earth; exploring the movement of the planet's surface; the many ways in which a geologically active Earth sustains the biologically active planet.

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Season
1
Episode
4
Air Date
08/Nov/2019
Air Time
Runtime
31 min

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A theory proposed less than 70 years ago says that plate tectonics could be a main driver of life on Earth; exploring the movement of the planet's surface; the many ways in which a geologically active Earth sustains the biologically active planet.

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