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A journey down the Colorado River reveals the ripple effects of humanity’s quest to conquer water.
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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Episode 5 Preview
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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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Surprising Moments from Human Footprint
Do you think you know what it means to be human? In Human Footprint, Biologist Shane Campbell-Staton asks us all to think again. As he discovers, the story of our impact on the world around us is more complicated — and much more surprising — than you might realize.Providing Support for PBS.org
Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship- [Narrator] Welcome to the age of humans.
- [Interviewee 1] We've basically transformed the hydrology of the entire planet.
- [Interviewee 1] In the '30s, '40s and '50s, it was tame the river, build the dams.
- [Interviewee 3] People are being assaulted by toxic particulates.
- [Interviewee 4] There is hope for us to do things right.
- We imagine our future and author it, but we also sometimes imagine futures that become impossible to sustain.
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The Beach Boys Played Here. Now It’s a Toxic Dust Bowl.
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Clip: S2 Ep5 | 5m 13s | Toxic dust, dead fish, and vanishing water — what happened to California’s inland sea? (5m 13s)
The Dam Truth: What Glen Canyon Tells Us About a Drying West
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Clip: S2 Ep5 | 9m | The Glen Canyon Dam promised water and power — but the river had other plans. (9m)
Reviving the River: Hope Returns to the Colorado Delta
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Clip: S2 Ep5 | 4m 59s | Aída Navarro joins the fight to revive the Colorado River Delta — and hope is flowing again. (4m 59s)
Tag, You're It: Tracking the Grand Canyon's Toughest Fish
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Clip: S2 Ep5 | 4m 35s | USGS biologists tag humpback chub to monitor life in a changing Grand Canyon river. (4m 35s)
Vegas vs. the Desert: Plumbing the Impossible
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Clip: S2 Ep5 | 11m 19s | Las Vegas defies the desert with epic engineering — but at what long-term cost? (11m 19s)
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