This is How Humans Have Changed the World | Generation Earth | BBC Earth Science

We've transformed villages into densely populated cities, built dams so big that they have altered our planet's rotation, and constructed buildings stories high into the sky. This is the spectacular story of how humans have changed the world in a single generation.

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Taken from Generation Earth (2012).

The spectacular story of how we have redesigned our planet to build the modern world. Dallas Campbell explores our most ambitious creations, joining the people who have made the impossible, possible.

[noah_am_i]

Depending on the music alone, this video has me like “wow, we humans are pretty incredible” and on the flip side “wow we are so destructive”

[ImaPoundCake]

I wish it was a longer documentary. It's amazing

[joshtaylor]

Meanwhile, I am told to use a reusable shopping bag and live in a wooden hut to save the environment.

[SC_XOLOs]

“ this Jumbo jet weights as much as a Jumbo jet “ 😂

[Thedaleb]

I was hoping the narrator would say “ this mine is so big it would take 430, 000 jumbo jets to fill it up “

[irishfruitandberries]

Call me naive but surely there are more efficient, less destructive, ways of living on earth

[JustinJamesJeep]

Whats with the narrator and jumbo jets 😂

[doomedoptimism]

it's funny how we can literally create rivers out of nothing, move mountains, pump more sewage uphill than water that flows over Niagara falls, and build ships that are bigger than city blocks, and yet some people still cling to the argument that climate change can't be man made because we couldn't make a big enough difference to impact the overall climate. We aren't just changing the climate, there is almost no part of the surface of this planet that hasn't been changed in some way by our presence, and the scope and scale is ever increasing. It's both impressive and terrifying.

[jeremyjw]

8, 000, 000, 000 of any species is going to have an effect on its surroundings

[WakeUpToYourself]

Wish the segments were longer. Great documentary

[Johnkriller]

1:09 Each section weighs 1200 tonnes (measurement for normal people), or more than three jumbo jets (for Americans).

[hitster]

This is known as “unsustainable development “

[Alpacabowl]

6:52 Mexico needs to put a conveyor belt that's metal mesh in front of the clog, so it constantly filters trash from water. the conveyor would lead up out of the water into a dumpster. it could run on solar. come on guys.

[hace]

What will happen when Julio retires? 8:18

[JoeNielsen]

That Bingham open put mine is known now as the Rio Tinto Kennecott Coper Mine here in the state if Utah.
It can easily be seen from space.

[nooneyouknow]

2:40 - "You... do something so you look productive... I don't care if you hit a block of wood with a stick"

[KimJongUn-xo]

The music used in the documentary were right on spot! That's what makes this documentary so incredible!

[margyrowland]

Yes “the Earth does provide for everything we need”.

[explorewithme]

I live near the Bingham copper mine. There’s a popular 4x4 trail that leads to the view of the open pit mine.

[selam]

I want to know how long it takes to drive in and out of the Bingham Copper Mine