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The problem is we're now changing those ecological systems
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Extinction: The Facts

The problem is we're now changingthose ecological systems on a massive scale,right across...

The problem is we're now changing
those ecological systems on a massive scale,
right across the globe

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The problem is we're now changing those ecological systems
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on a massive scale, right across the globe.
Duration
9 seconds
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18
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:32
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.
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...
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.