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Eating Our Way to Extinction

When I was a child, the idea of a dead zonein the ocean was-- was not even in our...

[Dr. Earle]
When I was a child, the idea of a dead zone
in the ocean was-- was not even in our vocabulary, but in the 20th century, as agriculture
began to greatly expand, the areas around the coast began
to show signs of wear and tear

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[Dr. Earle] When I was a child,
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the idea of a dead zone in the ocean was--
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was not even in our vocabulary,
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but in the 20th century,
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as agriculture began to greatly expand,
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the areas around the coast began to show signs of wear and tear.
Duration
22 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:30
Uploaded
May 11, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Broxstar Productions

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Movie Summary

Globally renowned figures and the world's leading scientists open the lid on the elephant in the room no one wants to talk about: the damaging effects of factory farming.
Spotlight area I think was off the Gulf of Mexico. - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:04
Spotlight area I think was off the Gulf of Mexico.
And it has simply grown over the years, an annual phenomenon. - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:06
And it has simply grown over the years, an annual phenomenon...
It is coincident with the application - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:07
It is coincident with the application
[Kate Winslet] The millions of square miles, given over to growing - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:09
[Kate Winslet] The millions of square miles, given over to g...
The nitrogen runs off the fields working its way down rivers, - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:07
The nitrogen runs off the fields working its way down rivers...
The nitrogen-rich water stimulates massive overgrowth of algae, - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:11
The nitrogen-rich water stimulates massive overgrowth of alg...
The algae starve the water of oxygen, - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:06
The algae starve the water of oxygen,
Since the demand for meat has grown, - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:08
Since the demand for meat has grown,
[ominous music] - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:04
[ominous music]
There are hundreds of dead zones - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:08
There are hundreds of dead zones
Okay, people say, "That's-- that's too bad for the fish, - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:07
Okay, people say, "That's-- that's too bad fo...
We need to understand that what we do to the ocean, - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:06
We need to understand that what we do to the ocean,
[low rumble] - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:17
[low rumble]
This is all we've got, this little blue miracle. - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:05
This is all we've got, this little blue miracle.
[whale calling] - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:07
[whale calling]
[eerie music] - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:12
[eerie music]
This simply could not be further from the truth. - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:05
This simply could not be further from the truth.
If the ocean dies, - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:11
If the ocean dies,
[deep exhaling] - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:13
[deep exhaling]
One of the most in-depth studies ever carried out - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:15
One of the most in-depth studies ever carried out