NOVA

Season 51, Episode 17

Episode Title: Building Stuff: Change It!

Air Date: 2024-11-27

Overview:

Thousands of years of human innovation have allowed us to shape the environment to improve lives. The consequences of our activities are not always benign – but there are solutions. From electrifying aviation, to building robots to protect threatened coral reefs, a new generation of engineers is finding creative solutions to some of our most critical environmental challenges.