Synopsis
How plants have driven the greatest changes to the Earth. Prof Iain Stewart shows how they first harnessed light from the sun and created our life-giving atmosphere.
- Programme: How to Grow a Planet
- Episode: 1: Life From Light
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2012
- Biology
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