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[narrator] Humans have created thousands of kilometers
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Anthropocene: The Human Epoch

Humans have createdthousands of kilometers of underground tunnels for everything from...

[narrator] Humans have created
thousands of kilometers of underground tunnels for everything from railways,
roads, and subways to mines, sewers,
parking lots, and reservoirs

Full Transcript

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[narrator] Humans have created thousands of kilometers
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of underground tunnels
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for everything from railways, roads, and subways
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to mines, sewers, parking lots, and reservoirs.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
48
Timestamp in Movie
00:46:29
Uploaded
Jun 20, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Anthropocene Films,Mercury Films, Inc.,Seville International

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Movie Summary

Filmmakers travel to six continents and 20 countries to document the impact humans have made on the planet.
[man] We need to create new lands, - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:09
[man] We need to create new lands,
And intensifying yields by doing it - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:11
And intensifying yields by doing it
We don't use pesticides or herbicides. - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:18
We don't use pesticides or herbicides.
The only element of technology - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:05
The only element of technology
We can give the plants the exact environment that they require - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:07
We can give the plants the exact environment that they requi...
What we have done is taken an old World War II air raid shelter, - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:09
What we have done is taken an old World War II air raid shel...
We've got these beds to grow fresh produce, - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:07
We've got these beds to grow fresh produce,
[narrator] Agriculture and animal husbandry - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:20
[narrator] Agriculture and animal husbandry
Nitrogen and phosphorus levels in soil - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:13
Nitrogen and phosphorus levels in soil
[narrator] Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are higher - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:16
[narrator] Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are highe...
Climate change results in unstable global temperatures, - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:14
Climate change results in unstable global temperatures,
[man in Italian] - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:04
[man in Italian]
[narrator] Coral reefs are home to more than 25 percent of all marine life, - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:11
[narrator] Coral reefs are home to more than 25 percent of a...
Coral has existed for 450 million years, - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:16
Coral has existed for 450 million years,
[zookeeper] Now if you're standing a little bit further down - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:09
[zookeeper] Now if you're standing a little bit further...
Now that is just a term that covers everything we can do - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:09
Now that is just a term that covers everything we can do
Now they do still tend to spend lots of time sticking close to mum, - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:07
Now they do still tend to spend lots of time sticking close ...
So if Melati had had these two out in the wild, out in Sumatra, - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:17
So if Melati had had these two out in the wild, out in Sumat...
Now this is no mean feat, because out in the wild they are critically endangered. - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:06
Now this is no mean feat, because out in the wild they are c...
However, just by coming along to the zoo today, you may not realize, - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:22
However, just by coming along to the zoo today, you may not ...