H2O: The Molecule That Made Us

H2O: The Molecule that Made Us

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Documentary series that explores the importance of water to human civilisation.

What if our most precious resource was under threat? Water connects everything, bringing life to every corner of the planet - but what happens if we can't take it for granted?

The Earth is alive because of liquid water and the success of our human story is intimately connected to our relationship with this simple molecule. But the growth of our civilisations has created a dangerous dependence on a precious resource that may be about to run out.

This three-part series, narrated by Kelly Ann McEvers, crosses continents to speak to scientists, researchers and individuals impacted by changes in the supply of water, to explore just how critical water is to life and the challenges facing us. 

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Kelly McEvers

David Allen

John Bredar

Laurie Donnelly

Catherine Watling

Nicolas Brown

Alex Tate

H2O: The Molecule That Made Us: Series 1: Pulse

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How a few drops of water can cause deserts to bloom and create giant rivers in the air.

Documentary series that explores the importance of water to human civilisation. How H2O causes deserts to bloom, creates rivers in the air and drives the great animal migrations. 

Pulse investigates the inseparable bond between water and life. It reveals how a few drops of rain can cause deserts to bloom through a time-lapse sequence that took a decade to make, follows the journey of a molecule of water through trees in the Amazon to create giant rivers in the air and maps how the great animal migrations follow water around the planet.

But the world is changing. Drought-chasing scientists examine what happens when the pulse falters, showing how the flow of water is driven by its relationship with life.

H2O: The Molecule That Made Us: Series 1

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The Earth is alive because of liquid water and the success of our human story is intimately connected to our relationship with this simple molecule. But the growth of our civilisations has created a dangerous dependence on a precious resource that may be about to run out.

This three-part series, narrated by US journalist Kelly Ann McEvers, crosses continents to speak to scientists, researchers and individuals impacted by changes in the supply of water, to explore just how critical water is to life and the challenges facing us.

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