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Extinction: The Facts

And I think they feel it, this threatening tide of extinction that is pushing on them

And I think they feel it, this threatening tide of extinction that is pushing on them

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And I think they feel it,
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this threatening tide of extinction
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that is pushing on them.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:43
Uploaded
Jun 03, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
BBC Studios

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With a million species at risk of extinction, Sir David Attenborough explores how this crisis of biodiversity has consequences for us all, threatening food and water security, undermining our ability to control our climate and even putting us at greater risk of pandemic diseases.
Unless science saves them, - Extinction: The Facts 00:11
Unless science saves them,
And their plight awaits one million more species. - Extinction: The Facts 00:05
And their plight awaits one million more species.
Once we lose these species, - Extinction: The Facts 00:12
Once we lose these species,
Unique animals with complex and varied lives disappearing - Extinction: The Facts 00:08
Unique animals with complex and varied lives disappearing
But this is about more than losing the wonders of nature. - Extinction: The Facts 00:05
But this is about more than losing the wonders of nature.
The consequences of these losses for us as a species - Extinction: The Facts 00:08
The consequences of these losses for us as a species
What we now know about the natural world is that - Extinction: The Facts 00:05
What we now know about the natural world is that
From a single pond to a whole tropical rainforest. - Extinction: The Facts 00:04
From a single pond to a whole tropical rainforest.
All of biodiversity is interlocked on a global scale - Extinction: The Facts 00:10
All of biodiversity is interlocked on a global scale
We tend to think that we're somehow outside of that system, - Extinction: The Facts 00:10
We tend to think that we're somehow outside of that sys...
The problem is we're now changing those ecological systems - Extinction: The Facts 00:09
The problem is we're now changing those ecological syst...
And it's threatening food and water security. - Extinction: The Facts 00:05
And it's threatening food and water security.
We're losing many of the things that nature provides for us. - Extinction: The Facts 00:05
We're losing many of the things that nature provides fo...
One of the big threats is the loss of insects. - Extinction: The Facts 00:04
One of the big threats is the loss of insects.
We've estimated 10% are at risk of extinction. - Extinction: The Facts 00:04
We've estimated 10% are at risk of extinction.
Other scientists believe the number could be much larger. - Extinction: The Facts 00:06
Other scientists believe the number could be much larger.
Driving around, we don't have moths, butterflies, bees, - Extinction: The Facts 00:10
Driving around, we don't have moths, butterflies, bees,
Because they form the food chain - Extinction: The Facts 00:08
Because they form the food chain
And they are extremely important for pollination. - Extinction: The Facts 00:05
And they are extremely important for pollination.
Three quarters of the world's food crops rely partly on pollination - Extinction: The Facts 00:09
Three quarters of the world's food crops rely partly on...