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In Their Element

Oxygen: The breath of Life

Duration: 27 minutes

on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa

Available for over a year

Oxygen appeared on earth over two billion years ago and life took off. Now it makes up just over a fifth of the air. Trevor Cox tells the story of oxygen on earth and in space. Show more

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