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David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet

If we do things that are unsustainable, the damage accumulates ultimately toa point where...

If we do things that are unsustainable, the damage accumulates ultimately to
a point where the whole system collapses. No ecosystem,
no matter how big, is secure

Full Transcript

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If we do things that are unsustainable,
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the damage accumulates ultimately to a point where the whole system collapses.
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No ecosystem, no matter how big, is secure.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
00:35:15
Uploaded
May 29, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
Silverback Films,Altitude Film Entertainment,WWF-UK

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Movie Summary

One man has seen more of the natural world than any other. This unique feature documentary is his witness statement.
Even one as vast as the ocean. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:04
Even one as vast as the ocean.
This habitat was the subject of the series The Blue Planet, - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:08
This habitat was the subject of the series The Blue Planet,
It was... an astonishing vision of a completely unknown world, - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:11
It was... an astonishing vision of a completely unknown worl...
All sorts of things that you had no idea had ever existed, - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:09
All sorts of things that you had no idea had ever existed,
And all of them completely undisturbed by your presence. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:06
And all of them completely undisturbed by your presence.
For much of its expanse, the ocean is largely empty. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:16
For much of its expanse, the ocean is largely empty.
In such places, huge shoals of fish gather. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:05
In such places, huge shoals of fish gather.
The problem is that our fishing fleets - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:15
The problem is that our fishing fleets
It was only in the '50s that large fleets - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:19
It was only in the '50s that large fleets
At first, they caught plenty of fish in their nets. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:22
At first, they caught plenty of fish in their nets.
Without large fish and other marine predators, - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:08
Without large fish and other marine predators,
The predators help to keep nutrients in the ocean's sunlit waters, - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:10
The predators help to keep nutrients in the ocean's sun...
Without predators, - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:13
Without predators,
Ocean life was also unravelling in the shallows. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:05
Ocean life was also unravelling in the shallows.
In 1998, a Blue Planet film crew - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:08
In 1998, a Blue Planet film crew
Coral reefs were turning white. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:04
Coral reefs were turning white.
The white color is caused by corals expelling algae - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:08
The white color is caused by corals expelling algae
When you first see it, - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:07
When you first see it,
The white corals are ultimately smothered by seaweed. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:11
The white corals are ultimately smothered by seaweed.
At first, the cause of the bleaching was a mystery. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:25
At first, the cause of the bleaching was a mystery.