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Eating Our Way to Extinction

There's an estimatethat there's over five trillion tons of plastic currentlyfloating in...

[light dramatic music] [Prof. Lindeque]
There's an estimate
that there's over five trillion tons of plastic currently
floating in the ocean

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[Prof. Lindeque] There's an estimate that there's over five trillion
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tons of plastic currently floating in the ocean.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
15
Timestamp in Movie
00:40:51
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.
Everywhere we looked, we found microplastics, - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:07
Everywhere we looked, we found microplastics,
Also, if we're looking on the surface or the seabed - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:07
Also, if we're looking on the surface or the seabed
We've also found microplastics - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:06
We've also found microplastics
We've been sampling for microplastics for quite a while now, - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:10
We've been sampling for microplastics for quite a while...
[Kate Winslet] Microplankton are found - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:04
[Kate Winslet] Microplankton are found
When the researchers add microplastics - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:10
When the researchers add microplastics
Unaware that the tiny particles are made up of toxic chemicals, - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:08
Unaware that the tiny particles are made up of toxic chemica...
The researchers observe how the chemicals accumulate - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:07
The researchers observe how the chemicals accumulate
The toxic plankton are then eaten by larger fish, - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:13
The toxic plankton are then eaten by larger fish,
[Kate Winslet] A study by the University of Plymouth - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:09
[Kate Winslet] A study by the University of Plymouth
As we eat these contaminated fish, - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:12
As we eat these contaminated fish,
[Mr. Rifkin] Our scientists tell us we're now - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:06
[Mr. Rifkin] Our scientists tell us we're now
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Let me be clear on this, the last time we had - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:09
Let me be clear on this, the last time we had
It's incredibly sad to realize just how-- how many species, um, - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:17
It's incredibly sad to realize just how-- how many spec...
[Mr. Poore] Today, over 26,000 species - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:11
[Mr. Poore] Today, over 26,000 species
Over time, um, livestock have been a major, - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:06
Over time, um, livestock have been a major,
[Mr. Wedderburn-Bisshop] Some have predicted that by 2045, - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:07
[Mr. Wedderburn-Bisshop] Some have predicted that by 2045,
[Kate Winslet] Some scientists have begun to call this current crisis - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:19
[Kate Winslet] Some scientists have begun to call this curre...
According to a study published in the journal Science, - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:18
According to a study published in the journal Science,