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David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet

Without large fishand other marine predators, the oceanic nutrient cycle stutters

Without large fish
and other marine predators, the oceanic nutrient cycle stutters

Full Transcript

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Without large fish and other marine predators,
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the oceanic nutrient cycle stutters.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:38:28
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.
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.
A marked change in atmospheric carbon - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:12
A marked change in atmospheric carbon
In previous events, - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:31
In previous events,
But it now appeared this was only because the ocean - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:09
But it now appeared this was only because the ocean
It was the first indication to me - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:07
It was the first indication to me
The most remote habitat of all - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:07
The most remote habitat of all
I've visited the polar regions over many decades. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:23
I've visited the polar regions over many decades.
In my time, I've experienced the warming of Arctic summers. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:15
In my time, I've experienced the warming of Arctic summ...
We've managed to travel by boat - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:10
We've managed to travel by boat
By the time Frozen Planet aired in 2011, - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:09
By the time Frozen Planet aired in 2011,
The ocean has long since become unable to absorb - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:18
The ocean has long since become unable to absorb
A speed of change that exceeds any in the last 10,000 years. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:06
A speed of change that exceeds any in the last 10,000 years.