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The Green Planet

Now, with climate changing so fast, we are losing plant diversityjust when we need it the...

Now, with climate changing so fast, we are losing plant diversity
just when we need it the most

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Now, with climate changing so fast,
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we are losing plant diversity just when we need it the most.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
00:24:47
Uploaded
Mar 30, 2025
Season
1
Episode
5
Genres
documentary
Production
History

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Movie Summary

Dive into a world where a single life can last a thousand years, with David Attenborough. See things no eye has ever seen, and discover the dramatic, beautiful plant life of Earth.
S01 • E01 Both plant and animal do well out of this arrangement. - The Green Planet 00:06
Both plant and animal do well out of this arrangement.
S01 • E04 ..and it produces a stench like the carcass of a dead animal. - The Green Planet 00:06
..and it produces a stench like the carcass of a dead animal...
S01 • E02 There are more than 50 such isolated mountain plateaus here, - The Green Planet 00:09
There are more than 50 such isolated mountain plateaus here,
S01 • E01 But in the tropical world, that isn't always so. - The Green Planet 00:06
But in the tropical world, that isn't always so.
S01 • E05 Two out of five plants are now facing extinction. - The Green Planet 00:07
Two out of five plants are now facing extinction.
S01 • E05 Of course, the loss of any one species is in itself a tragedy, - The Green Planet 00:18
Of course, the loss of any one species is in itself a traged...
S01 • E02 Downpours are so torrential that no soil can accumulate - The Green Planet 00:14
Downpours are so torrential that no soil can accumulate
S01 • E03 It might seem from the smoke and the still-smouldering embers - The Green Planet 00:09
It might seem from the smoke and the still-smouldering ember...
S01 • E01 Here, on the slopes of Mount Kinabalu, - The Green Planet 00:11
Here, on the slopes of Mount Kinabalu,
S01 • E04 ..the flower tempts a tiny sack of pollen to its proboscis. - The Green Planet 00:06
..the flower tempts a tiny sack of pollen to its proboscis.
S01 • E05 We need an insurance policy, a hedge against extinction. - The Green Planet 00:08
We need an insurance policy, a hedge against extinction.
S01 • E03 But just four days after the flames... - The Green Planet 00:05
But just four days after the flames...
S01 • E04 It isn't easy to feed with such encumbered mouthparts. - The Green Planet 00:07
It isn't easy to feed with such encumbered mouthparts.
S01 • E01 Insects are attracted by the expectation of nectar, - The Green Planet 00:11
Insects are attracted by the expectation of nectar,
S01 • E05 This is Kew's Millennium Seed Bank. - The Green Planet 00:05
This is Kew's Millennium Seed Bank.
S01 • E04 But try as it might, the fly can't get rid of it. - The Green Planet 00:05
But try as it might, the fly can't get rid of it.
S01 • E02 Their leaves are shaped like a funnel and collect rainwater, - The Green Planet 00:09
Their leaves are shaped like a funnel and collect rainwater,
S01 • E05 Packets of seeds arrive here from all over the world. - The Green Planet 00:07
Packets of seeds arrive here from all over the world.
S01 • E04 And it's still there when the fly leaves to try and feed - The Green Planet 00:08
And it's still there when the fly leaves to try and fee...
S01 • E05 These are from a relative of the yucca plant, - The Green Planet 00:13
These are from a relative of the yucca plant,