Liquid water is essential for carbon-based life. Chemical bonding of carbon molecules requires liquid water. Water has the chemical property to make compound-solvent pairing. In humans, 55% to 60% of the body is water. Water provides the reversible hydration of carbon dioxide. Hydration of carbon dioxide is needed in carbon-based life. All life on Earth uses the same biochemistry of carbon.  Water is important in life's carbonic anhydrase the interaction of between carbon dioxide and water. Carbonic anhydrase needs a family of carbon base enzymes for the hydration of carbon dioxide and acid–base homeostasis, that regulates PH levels in life.  In plant life, liquid water  is needed for photosynthesis, the biological process plants use to convert light energy and carbon dioxide into chemical energy.