Human Footprint

Vegas vs. the Desert: Plumbing the Impossible

Las Vegas thrives in one of the driest places on Earth thanks to engineering feats and strict water laws. Shane meets Colby Pellegrino and Cameron Donnarumma of the Southern Nevada Water Authority and visits the world’s oldest hydraulic dam in Italy with Giulio Boccaletti to explore what it takes — and what it costs — to bend water to human will.

Vegas vs. the Desert: Plumbing the Impossible

11m 19s

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    Vanishing Act

    S2 E6 - 55m 39s

    From fossils entombed in tar to cells frozen in hope, Shane Campbell-Staton traces the arc of extinction from prehistory to the present. On an epic global journey, he meets species at the brink of oblivion… and the people who won’t give up on them.

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    Dammed If You Do

    S2 E5 - 55m 8s

    Shane Campbell-Staton travels from ancient aqueducts to modern mega-dams, following our age-old quest to tame water. On a journey down the Colorado River, he discovers how humanity’s thirst for control has reshaped rivers — and civilization itself.

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    The Honey Trap

    S2 E4 - 55m 9s

    Everyone knows the honey bee, but it’s just one species – there are 20,000 others! Humans
    have depended on bees – both wild and managed – for millennia. But as bee populations
    collapse around the world, can we save them before it’s too late?

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