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Exploring the global impact of Earth’s most ingenious, destructive, and adaptable species… Us.
Earth has never experienced anything like us: a single species dominating and transforming the planet. Biologist Shane Campbell-Staton travels the globe to explore our Human Footprint and to discover how the things we do reveal who we truly are.
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Season 2 Preview
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Earth has never experienced anything like us: a single species dominating and transforming the planet. Biologist Shane Campbell-Staton travels the globe to explore our Human Footprint and to discover how the things we do reveal who we truly are.
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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
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♪ One ♪ (exciting music) - [Speaker 1] We're just surrounded by weirdness and absurdity all the time.
- [Speaker 2] It transforms everything.
- I think I just fell in love.
(exciting music continues) ♪ I'm turning dreams into reality ♪ (exciting music continues) What did we do?
How did we get here?
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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)
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Clip: S2 Ep5 | 9m | The Glen Canyon Dam promised water and power — but the river had other plans. (9m)
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Clip: S2 Ep3 | 12m 3s | From catwalk to castoff, Shane follows our tossed threads to the Chilean desert. (12m 3s)
The Beaver Boom: How One Rodent Shaped a Continent
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Clip: S2 Ep3 | 5m 41s | Shane explores how beavers once ruled North America — and how they might again. (5m 41s)
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 Secret Life of Squash Bees
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Clip: S2 Ep4 | 9m 58s | Margarita Lopez-Uribe reveals how squash bees evolved to thrive on our modern farms. (9m 58s)
Rusty-Patched Rescue: Saving America's Wild Bees
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Clip: S2 Ep4 | 4m 11s | Clay Bolt and Shane trace the decline of wild bees — and fight to bring them back. (4m 11s)
The Pollination Economy: Inside America's Bee Crisis
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Clip: S2 Ep4 | 12m 42s | Shane meets the beekeepers and scientists racing to save America's pollination workforce. (12m 42s)
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Preview: S2 Ep4 | 30s | Shane investigates the future of bees, from honey bees to wild native species, in a changing world. (30s)
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Preview: S2 Ep3 | 30s | From runway to throwaway, Shane suits up to discover the global impact of our fashion addiction. (30s)
The Rise, Reign, and Reckoning of Australia’s Cane Toads
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Clip: S2 Ep2 | 13m 28s | Shane traces how cane toads conquered Australia — and how science is turning the tide. (13m 28s)
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Preview: S2 Ep2 | 30s | We enlist allies from nature to fight in our battles. But is the enemy of an enemy always a friend? (30s)
Duck Deployments and Mite Airstrikes: Nature’s Pest Patrol
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Clip: S2 Ep2 | 7m 18s | From ducks to drones, Shane explores how farmers fight pests with nature — not chemicals. (7m 18s)
The True Cost of Shrimp: What the Grocery Store Doesn’t Show You
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Clip: S2 Ep1 | 13m 11s | Shane uncovers the hidden labor behind shrimp — and the global systems that keep us in the dark. (13m 11s)
How Cereal, Sugar, and Big Business Rewired Our Diets
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Clip: S2 Ep1 | 6m 24s | Shane and Michael Moss examine how processed food took over our shelves — and our willpower. (6m 24s)
The Birth of the Supermarket: How Convenience Took Over the Way We Shop
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Clip: S2 Ep1 | 4m 18s | Shane and Ben Lorr trace the supermarket’s rise — and what it says about what we value. (4m 18s)
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