Water is essential for life û it provides plants with the ability to create sugar for food and it helps humans regulate body temperatures while nourishing and protecting the brain, spinal cord and other tissues. Water is equally important to the environment due to the intricate balance of the water cycle. This program takes an in-depth look at the chemistry of water, its different states, and how each of them affects the world around us.

Originally released by TMW Media Group, 2016. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on February 08, 2017.

Hydrologic Cycle (3:19); --Thermal Properties of Water (2:53); -- Benefits of Water (3:24); -- Naval Research Laboratory (1:47); -- Credits: Environmental Science: A World of Water: Show Me Science (0:10); -- test2 (4:18); .