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A documentary that follows undercover activists trying to stave off a man-made mass extinction.

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Genre: documentary, adventure, news
Year: 2015
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Stuart Pimm - Conservation Ecologist, Duke UniversityBoris Worm - Marine Research Ecologist, Dalhousie UniversityJason Hall-spencer - Marine Biologist, Plymouth University
When you factor in everything - Racing Extinction 00:19 When you factor in everything It's like we 're living in the age of dinosaurs - Racing Extinction 00:08 It's like we 're living in the age of dinosaurs The blue whale is the biggest creature - Racing Extinction 00:17 The blue whale is the biggest creature The whole world is singing - Racing Extinction 00:20 The whole world is singing With the explosion of demand in China - Racing Extinction 00:12 With the explosion of demand in China We have many many ways to fix this problem - Racing Extinction 00:11 We have many many ways to fix this problem If you want to know what that does - Racing Extinction 00:24 If you want to know what that does It sounds a bit silly - Racing Extinction 00:15 It sounds a bit silly Methane is something like 22 times more potent - Racing Extinction 00:12 Methane is something like 22 times more potent And it's an incredibly inefficient way of producing food - Racing Extinction 00:11 And it's an incredibly inefficient way of producing... A cow can basically fill up a 55 ga ion garbage bag - Racing Extinction 00:14 A cow can basically fill up a 55 ga ion garbage bag It's difficult to estimate - Racing Extinction 00:17 It's difficult to estimate What happens to this planet is now in our own hands - Racing Extinction 00:11 What happens to this planet is now in our own hands Your life depends on the oceans breathing - Racing Extinction 00:17 Your life depends on the oceans breathing We can't afford to keep making the same mistakes - Racing Extinction 00:15 We can't afford to keep making the same mistakes And turn things around for this bird - Racing Extinction 00:07 And turn things around for this bird My hope is that if you can show people - Racing Extinction 00:12 My hope is that if you can show people We 're on that tipping point now - Racing Extinction 00:13 We 're on that tipping point now Sharks predate dinosaurs - Racing Extinction 00:18 Sharks predate dinosaurs By far and away - Racing Extinction 00:13 By far and away Cattle and brahmanas of all kind - Racing Extinction 00:14 Cattle and brahmanas of all kind Each year about one in a million species - Racing Extinction 00:17 Each year about one in a million species Climate is controlled by the oceans - Racing Extinction 00:17 Climate is controlled by the oceans A mass extinction is driven by a change of the environment - Racing Extinction 00:38 A mass extinction is driven by a change of the environment And the ocean's chemistry is changing really rapidly - Racing Extinction 00:10 And the ocean's chemistry is changing really rapidly When we put carbon dioxide into the atmosphere - Racing Extinction 00:14 When we put carbon dioxide into the atmosphere The co2 reacts with water - Racing Extinction 00:10 The co2 reacts with water I don't think it's a competition between these problems - Racing Extinction 00:31 I don't think it's a competition between these... The human eye is so limited - Racing Extinction 00:19 The human eye is so limited When I give a talk on plankton isay first of all - Racing Extinction 00:16 When I give a talk on plankton isay first of all I really hope the photoark isn't just some sort of - Racing Extinction 00:22 I really hope the photoark isn't just some sort of Photoark's my 20 year attempt to photograph - Racing Extinction 00:24 Photoark's my 20 year attempt to photograph I think you could compare something like this - Racing Extinction 00:13 I think you could compare something like this Life wants to flourish - Racing Extinction 00:08 Life wants to flourish Why would we want to do anything to disrupt - Racing Extinction 00:09 Why would we want to do anything to disrupt In the arctic - Racing Extinction 00:19 In the arctic So the arctic's getting gradually warmer - Racing Extinction 00:11 So the arctic's getting gradually warmer When all this gets going - Racing Extinction 00:13 When all this gets going Early photographs were circular - Racing Extinction 00:26 Early photographs were circular I still love the idea of sharks on wall street - Racing Extinction 00:06 I still love the idea of sharks on wall street 80 of the greenhouse gases that are caused by cities - Racing Extinction 00:07 80 of the greenhouse gases that are caused by cities The best way to move the needle - Racing Extinction 00:11 The best way to move the needle The more dependent we are on meat milk and eggs - Racing Extinction 00:16 The more dependent we are on meat milk and eggs

Cast

Self - Undercover Investigator - Louie Psihoyos
Self - Undercover Investigator - Heather Dawn Rally
Self - Curator of Paleontology - Michael Novacek
Self - Johnson Senior Scientist - Christopher W. Clark
Self - National Museum of Natural History - Kirk Johnson
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