1954 WORLD POPULATION: 2.7 BILLION CARBON IN ATMOSPHERE: 310 PARTS PER MILLION REMAINING WILDERNESS: 64%. We will finally learn how to work with nature rather than against it. Clean energy has to replace fossil fuels. All these years later, its once again the only option. However, if we had "no fishing" zones in one-third of the sea, our fish stocks could recover over the long term. Its happened in my lifetime. David Attenborough Scripts And in that one shot, there was the whole of humanity with nothing else except the person that was in the spacecraft taking that picture. A mass extinction has happened five times in lifes four-billion-year history. Boo! Without the white ice cap, less of the suns energy is reflected back out to space. 1960 WORLD POPULATION: 3.0 BILLION CARBON IN ATMOSPHERE: 315 PARTS PER MILLION REMAINING WILDERNESS: 62%. But scientists started to discover that in many cases where bleaching occurred, the ocean was warming. Ive experienced the living world firsthand in all its variety and wonder. In such places, huge shoals of fish gather. Back then, it seemed inconceivable that we, a single species, might one day have the power to threaten the very existence of the wilderness. Great numbers of species disappear and are suddenly replaced by a few. In this world, a species can only thrive when everything else around it thrives, too. An imaginative young squirrel leads a musical revolution to save his parents from a tyrannical leader. Recordings like these revealed that the songs of the humpbacks are long and complex. David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet. ATTENBOROUGH: Well, it could be gone. As the Arctic warms, the tundra in Alaska, northern Canada, and Russia, would collapse as the permafrost would not stay sufficiently frozen to hold the soil together. When you first see it, you think perhaps that its beautiful, and suddenly you realize its tragic. Trailer: David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet. And then we will suddenly discover that suddenly the seas are almost empty. As Attenborough reflects on his life, he begins each chapter with three facts. It was only in the 50s that large fleets first ventured out into international waters to reap the open ocean harvest across the globe. And we don't learn the lessons. Im talking about the loss of our planets wild places, its biodiversity. Insects, our small hunters, and pollinators have reduced by one quarter. Furthermore, less ice means that the Arctic would be unable to cool the planet down. For some time, climate scientists had warned that the planet would get warmer as we burned fossil fuels and released carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere. In 1998, a Blue Planet film crew discovered that the beautiful colors of the coral reefs were turning to skeletal chalky white. And who knows what effect that will have on the world. There's some good news though. However, stressed polyps dispose of their algae partners, leading them to bleach and turn into skeletons. Sitting on the edge of the Sahara, and cabled directly into southern Europe, Morocco could be an exporter of solar energy by 2050. It's a statement of his past experiences, what will happen if our current destructive path continues, and what we need to do to rehabilitate our remarkable planet. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. Vast forests. We were apart from the rest of life on earth, living a different kind of life. David Attenborough, Our Planet In his 93 years, Attenborough has visited every continent on the globe, exploring the wild places of the planet and documenting the living world in all its variety and wonder. As the ocean continues to heat and becomes more acidic, coral reefs around the world die. And yet, this is what weve been turning this dizzying diversity into. 2020 | Maturity Rating: 7+ | 1h 23m | Science & Nature Docs. They are the best technology nature has for locking away carbon. The orangutan. We have such a fascination for wildlife, but wild animals make up only 4% of the mammals on Earth. Interspersed with footage of his career and of a wide variety of ecosystems, he narrates key moments in his career and indicators of how the planet has changed since he was born in 1926. However, as it does this, carbon dioxide changes into carbonic acid. Our planet becomes four degrees Celsius warmer. [Attenborough] They ate meat rarely. Thank you so much for being with us. Most of our diseases were under control. That is my witness statement. Giving people a greater opportunity of life is what we would want to do anyway. You say in this book, with us or without us ATTENBOROUGH: Oh, well, yes. Mistakes. Its only now that I appreciate how extraordinary. The thing we rely upon for every element of the lives we lead. And if there's a profit in it, we do that - worse than that, even when there's not a profit in it, when governments actually see fit to subsidize it. It was a rediscovery of a fundamental truth. This alga is vital because it's the start of the Arctic and Antarctic food chains. Algal forests would not attach to ice, damaging the ocean food chain. David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet . The natural world will survive. We just have to do what nature has always done. Leading lives that interlock in such a way that they sustain each other. Prehistoric Planet will be back for a second season. As Attenborough says: 'We regard the Earth as our planet, run by mankind for mankind.' Politicians and corporates have to overcome vested interests and work towards the greater good. The living world cant operate without a healthy ocean and neither can we. Renewable energy, such as solar, wind, and water, could supply power. Skeletons of dead creatures. And, of course, the ocean is important to all of us as a source of food. Regenerative and urban farming are two options. It has hidden its secrets well because of the difficulties of filming underwater. Offline ansehen. And it lived about 180 million years ago. Be the first one to, David Attenborough - A Life on Our Planet 2020, Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). The natural world is, fading, he writes. David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet | LearnEnglish 'Prehistoric Planet' Renewed For Season 2 At Apple TV+ We invented farming. David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet. Attenborough is now 94, and throughout his long life, has watched the natural world wither before his eyes. The film's grand achievement is that it positions its subject as a mediator between humans and the natural world. The predators help to keep nutrients in the oceans sunlit waters, recycling them so that they can be used again and again by plankton. It was extraordinary that you could see what a man out in space could see as he saw it at the same time. In the past, animals had to develop some physical ability to change their lives. [Attenborough] At the turn of the century, Morocco relied on imported oil and gas for almost all of its energy. A powerful shared conscience had suddenly appeared. Extract | A Life on Our Planet by David Attenborough In Asia, the winds would create the monsoon on cue. Urban farming is an option on rooftops, abandoned buildings, and exterior walls of city buildings. In 1937, at age 11, he would cycle from his home in Leicester into the countryside to study fossils in the rocks. Working together to benefit from the energy of the sun and the minerals of the earth. A speed of change that exceeds any in the last 10,000 years. This devastation could happen quickly, with water and food shortages, and the displacement of about 30 million people. David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet. This model outlines nine critical thresholds, or planetary boundaries, such as climate change, air pollution, land conversion, and biodiversity loss. How did that change our view of the world? Sparkling coastal seas. And that completely changed the mindset of the population, the human population of the world. A monoculture of oil palm. But within only a few years, the nets across the globe were coming in empty. We have pursued animals to extinction many times in our history, but now that it was visible, it was no longer acceptable. David Attenborough A Life On Our Planet 2020 An important documentary that everyone should watch. We cut down over 15 billion trees each year. It was a feature of all five mass extinctions. The forest is growing, flowers and fruit trees blossom, and wild animals visit. The problem is that our fishing fleets are just as good at finding those hot spots as are the fish. Not just ruined it. The last one is thought to have been a meteorite that struck Earth, destroying anything bigger than a dog. Thats the sort of commitment you need if you want to even begin making a portrait of the living world. This trajectory is unsustainable, and the Great Acceleration will inevitably result in a "Great Decline.". But you now want to explain to us what peril we are in. I've seen it with my own eyes. This city in Ukraine was once home to almost 50,000 people. Attenborough says, We run life on the planet to meet our own ends.. our planet from deserts to grasslands transcript web pages The truth is, with or without us, the natural world will rebuild. Even as some of us were setting foot on the moon, others were still leading such a life in the most remote parts of the planet. For 65 million years, its been at work reconstructing the living world until we come to the world we know our time. They were virtually impossible to find. The fishing quickly became so poor that countries began to subsidize the fleets to maintain the industry. Weitere Details. Our imprint is now truly global. Global food production enters a crisis as soils become exhausted by overuse. [Attenborough] It felt that nothing would limit our progress. Emmy-winning narrator David Attenborough ("Our Planet," "Planet Earth II") looks back and shares a way forward. As with the citizens of Pripyat, we carry on with our daily lives, unaware that our carelessness and lack of planning will ultimately destroy us, and our natural world, unless we alter our self-destructive trajectory. Its all happened within the last 2,000 years or so. Since I started filming in the 1950s, on average, wild animal populations have more than halved. Fortunately, Tanzania and Kenya took far-sighted action to safeguard the sacred paths of the Serengeti migration. A Life on Our Planet David Attenborough A legacy-defining book from Sir David Attenborough, reflecting on his life's work, the dramatic changes to the planet he has witnessed, and what we can do to make a better future. And the idea could be passed from one generation to the next. Life had no option but to rebuild. Were certainly the most numerous large animal. NPR's Scott Simon talks with British natural historian and broadcaster David Attenborough about his new book, Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and Vision for the Future. Attenborough urges us to restore biodiversity. The wealthiest 16% in the world are responsible for almost 50% of the environmental impact. A Life on Our Planet by David Attenborough Summary - Briefer But Chernobyl was a single event. If we continue on our current course, the damage that has been the defining feature of my lifetime will be eclipsed by the damage coming in the next. The deforestation of Borneo has reduced the population of orangutan by two-thirds since I first saw one just over 60 years ago. list the consequences of walking in darkness; tate brothers romania; lac courte oreilles tribal membership requirements; uva men's volleyball roster. But what if Nimona is the monster he's sworn to kill? Even in places where theres no land at all. Um and, in a way, I wish I wasnt involved in this struggle. The good news is that electric cars are already here. SIMON: You were a BBC executive in the control room when the first pictures of Earth were sent back by the Apollo 8 crew. The world population was 2.3 billion, the carbon in the atmosphere was 280 parts per million, and the remaining wilderness was 66%. The worlds greatest wildlife reserve. We need to shift to plant-based diets. Nobody wanted animals to become extinct. Nature is our biggest ally and our greatest inspiration. And freshwater is equally at risk. Huge herds on the plains have kept the grasslands rich and productive by fertilizing the soils. And there, only a few yards away, we spotted a great furry red form swaying in the trees. As a result, the no fish zones have increased the catch of the local fishermen, while at the same time allowing the reefs to recover.