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Extinction: The Facts

Because they form the food chain for hundreds of thousandsof other species

Because they form the food chain for hundreds of thousands
of other species

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Because they form the food chain
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for hundreds of thousands of other species.
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8 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:10:18
Uploaded
Jun 03, 2025
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documentary
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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.
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...
Another threat is the loss of diversity below ground. - Extinction: The Facts 00:06
Another threat is the loss of diversity below ground.
Soil should be teeming with life. - Extinction: The Facts 00:04
Soil should be teeming with life.
But reports have suggested that up to 30% of the land's surface - Extinction: The Facts 00:11
But reports have suggested that up to 30% of the land's...
One of the most important things that animals in the soil do - Extinction: The Facts 00:06
One of the most important things that animals in the soil do
So if we lose the diversity of the soil, - Extinction: The Facts 00:07
So if we lose the diversity of the soil,
We're seeing already that due to soil degradation and changes - Extinction: The Facts 00:11
We're seeing already that due to soil degradation and c...
Unfortunately, the most affected would be poor people - Extinction: The Facts 00:07
Unfortunately, the most affected would be poor people
But there's no question everybody in the world, one way or another, - Extinction: The Facts 00:09
But there's no question everybody in the world, one way...
One of the really big problems is what's happening to plants. - Extinction: The Facts 00:04
One of the really big problems is what's happening to p...
25% of the plant species that have been assessed - Extinction: The Facts 00:08
25% of the plant species that have been assessed
Plants underpin almost every single thing that we require. - Extinction: The Facts 00:05
Plants underpin almost every single thing that we require.
Think about the air we breathe, concentration of CO2 in the air, - Extinction: The Facts 00:08
Think about the air we breathe, concentration of CO2 in the ...
Trees regulate water flow across landscapes. - Extinction: The Facts 00:04
Trees regulate water flow across landscapes.
Intercept the rainfall and the roots hold the soil in place. - Extinction: The Facts 00:05
Intercept the rainfall and the roots hold the soil in place.
So you chop all those trees down, - Extinction: The Facts 00:07
So you chop all those trees down,
We've learnt that many, many times, - Extinction: The Facts 00:06
We've learnt that many, many times,
Even in the UK, we've converted many areas that have been - Extinction: The Facts 00:08
Even in the UK, we've converted many areas that have be...
The impacts of biodiversity loss - Extinction: The Facts 00:08
The impacts of biodiversity loss