H20: The Molecule That Made Us
H2O: The Molecule that Made Us is a landmark, three-part series that tells the human story through our relationship to water. We find out how our success is intimately connected to our control of the molecule, but that the growth of our civilizations has also created a dangerous dependence on a precious resource. One that may be about to run out.
- 2020-2020
- 1 season
- PBS
- Documentary
H2O: The Molecule that Made Us is a landmark, three-part series that tells the human story through our relationship to water. We find out how our success is intimately connected to our control of the molecule, but that the growth of our civilizations has also created a dangerous dependence on a precious resource. One that may be about to run out.
Season 1 Episode Guide
3 Episodes 2020
Episode 1
Pulse
Wed, Apr 22, 2020 54 mins
In Episode 1: pulse, segments from across the planet, intimate documentary and natural history cinematography combine to uncover dramatic discoveries and compelling characters and deliver important stories about this mysterious molecule. The Molecule That Made Us is a 3-hour series from WGBH Boston premiering on PBS.
Episode 2
Civilizations
Wed, Apr 29, 2020 54 mins
Episode 2: Civilizations turns our 'water lens' on human history. Starting in Ancient Egypt, it charts the critical role water plays in history, and around the world we see the birth of civilizations on the banks of the great rivers: Nile, Tigris and Euphrates, Indus and Yellow. We end by asking if we can guarantee water supplies of the future?
Episode 3
Crisis
Wed, May 6, 2020
Episode 3: Crisis examines how the planet's changing water cycle is forcing us to change our relationship with water. An increasingly, globalized agricultural industry is turning precious water reserves into profit, "mining" water faster than it can be replaced. As Chairman Emeritus of Nestle, Peter Brabeck-Letmathe says, ". - the water issue is more urgent than the climate issue."
