david attenborough: a life on our planet transcript

We cut down over 15 billion trees each year. It worked out the secret of life long ago. For 65 million years, its been at work reconstructing the living world until we come to the world we know our time. There were twice the number of people on the planet as there were when I was born. I got as close as I did only because the gorillas were used to people. This is now our planet, run by humankind for humankind. Its been staring us in the face all along. ATTENBOROUGH: Well, it could be gone. So, Dutch farmers have become expert at getting the most out of every hectare. Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre | Transcript, The Sorrow and the Pity (1969) Review by David Denby, J.P. Morgan: How One Man Financed America [Transcript]. Still, energy use, production, transport, farming, and telecommunication have also shown their sinister side. In 1998, a Blue Planet film crew discovered that the beautiful colors of the coral reefs were turning to skeletal chalky white. In this trailer, he talks about his documentary . People were coming to care for the natural world. After the death of their father, two half-brothers find themselves on opposite sides of an escalating conflict with tragic consequences. The longer they have to wait for the ice to return, the more they use up their fat supplies. Due to carelessness, poor planning, and human error, it's probably the most devastating environmental disaster to date. For much of its expanse, the ocean is largely empty. The white corals are ultimately smothered by seaweed. Each generation able to develop and progress only because the living world could be relied upon to deliver us the conditions we needed. Environmental issues have historically had low news value. For example, the Costa Rican government offered farmers grants to replant indigenous trees twenty-five years ago. watch for yourself. At some point in the future, the human population will peak for the very first time. But it was noticeable that some of these animals were becoming harder to find. You can be forgiven for thinking that these plains are endless when they could swallow up such a herd. You write, for example, we have become too skilled at fishing. Earth could be 4 degrees Celsius warmer, making farming in many areas impossible. He seems tired of keeping quiet about it. It was shot in 39 countries. Without the white ice cap, less of the suns energy is reflected back out to space. In the past, animals had to develop some physical ability to change their lives. [Attenborough] By working hard to raise people out of poverty, giving all access to healthcare, and enabling girls in particular to stay in school as long as possible, we can make it peak sooner and at a lower level. Sir David Attenborough is 94 years old and has some stark, startling sentences in the first few pages of his new book. If we dont take action, the collapse of our civilizations and the extinction of much of the natural world is on the horizon. Skeletons of dead creatures. How do we reclaim farmland but also increase the food supply for a growing population? Renewable energy, such as solar, wind, and water, could supply power. The scale of the problem is so overwhelming . Rainforests are particularly precious habitats. And a few years later, that idea became obvious to everyone. So, what do we do? Against the backdrop of the WWII battle known as Hitler's first defeat, a Norwegian soldier returns home and learns a shocking truth about his wife. on the Internet. In the process, they also provide us with simple solutions to saving our planet before it is too late. David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet. We are Canadian. Executive-produced by his sons, Rodrigo and Gonzalo. And sadly, we don't only deplete our fish. In a single small patch of tropical rainforest, there could be 700 different species of tree, as many as there are in the whole of North America. A knight framed for a crime he didn't commit turns to a shape-shifting teen to prove his innocence. I first witnessed the destruction of an entire habitat in Southeast Asia. But on the 26th of April, 1986, it suddenly became uninhabitable. Scientists call it the Holocene. [whales singing] Their mournful songs were the key to transforming peoples opinions about them. Well, weve destroyed it. A mass extinction has happened five times in lifes four-billion-year history. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. And as the natural environment fails, pandemics are likely to increase. Unlike land chains, which may have three food chain links, such as grass, to wildebeest, to lion, the sea has about five, so if we overfish at one point, we collapse the entire system. From Pripyat, a deserted area after the nuclear disaster, Attenborough gives an overview of his life. Starring: David Attenborough Watch all you want. And the changes we have to make will only benefit ourselves and the generations that follow. The 'why' behind this, points to global warming. The number of children being born worldwide every year is about to level off. We can solve the problems we now face by embracing this reality. However, this time it included humans in its design. David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet is a 2020 film by the documentarian and natural historian David Attenborough. The 50,000 large dams in the world, change the water flow and temperature of rivers. We filmed 650 species, and we traveled one and a half million miles. You can also read the transcript. Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. Farms take up a combined space the size of North America, South America, and Australia combined, with devastating greenhouse gas emissions. To start to thrive. We invented farming. This is not about saving our planet its about saving ourselves. Preparation task . But that distant world is changing. Their solution is to climb higher up the cliffs, but with their poor eyesight, they often fall from the tops of cliffs as the smell of the sea lures them closer. Many experts wrote off Pripyat, and many of us are apathetic about the future of the planet. In international waters, the UN is attempting to create the biggest no fish zone of all. One of the significant findings was that we pay attention to the environment when it affects us. on October 24, 2021. urgency ? The ocean is a critical ally in our battle to reduce carbon in the atmosphere. Baby gorillas were at a premium, and poachers would kill a dozen adults to get one. Downloads only available on ad-free plans. Above, very few. It was a brutal and unpredictable world. It was the first time that any human had moved away far enough from the earth to see the whole planet. The orangutan. Estimates suggest that no fish zones over a third of our coastal seas would be sufficient to provide us with all the fish we will ever need. The cycle of destruction continues as the sea life is trapped by or ingests this waste. Even orangutans play a role in this by spreading seeds as they search for ripe fruit. Millions of people rendered homeless. Furthermore, less ice means that the Arctic would be unable to cool the planet down. In 2014, a plane with 239 people aboard vanishes from all radar. When I was a boy, I spent all my spare time searching through rocks in places like this for buried treasure. Half a million gazelle. In 1937, at age 11, he would cycle from his home in Leicester into the countryside to study fossils in the rocks. 1978 WORLD POPULATION: 4.3 BILLION CARBON IN ATMOSPHERE: 335 PARTS PER MILLION REMAINING WILDERNESS: 55%. The pace of progress was unlike anything to be found in the fossil record. You can see it. Today, the forest has taken over the city. [over megaphone] Please stop killing the whales. [snorting] Whenever we choose a piece of meat, we too are unwittingly demanding a huge expanse of space. Nothing to stop us. It had everything a community would needfor a comfortable life. But for us, an idea could do that. And I believe we can do our best. Why wouldnt we want to do these things? A moment ago, we made this recording with an underwater microphone here in the Pacific near Hawaii. The world population sits at 7.8 billion, the carbon in the atmosphere is 415 parts per million, and shockingly the remaining wilderness is 35%. It has hidden its secrets well because of the difficulties of filming underwater. Search the history of over 797 billion we would keep consuming the earth until we had used it up. With this in mind, David Attenborough has dedicated his life to educating us about our planet, and making discourses visible, through his captivating storytelling. And then, every hundred million years or so, after all those painstaking processes, something catastrophic happens, a mass extinction. There is no international law at the moment to stop it. In addition to this, we have an increased life expectancy. Whole habitats would soon start to disappear. Fast forward to 2021, and a far greater catastrophe looms. So there's not a profit in it, we still go killing it, and they throw a heck of a lot of it back. Nature is our biggest ally and our greatest inspiration. A story of global decline during a single lifetime. We are ultimately bound by and reliant upon the finite natural world about us. The very thing that weve removed. 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). And they are centers of biodiversity. Attenborough urges us to restore biodiversity. I look at these images now and I realize that, although as a young man I felt I was out there in the wild experiencing the untouched natural world it was an illusion. This begs the question, 'What will the next 100 years look like if we dont change?'. SIMON: So what gives you hope? list the consequences of walking in darkness; tate brothers romania; lac courte oreilles tribal membership requirements; uva men's volleyball roster. We learnt how to exploit the seasons to produce food crops. Two legendary Go players, once student and master, face victory and defeat as they inevitably come face to face as rivals. David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet. In 1971, I set out to find an uncontacted tribe in New Guinea. They may have got time to actually - to pay more to sort things out. In 1998, a Blue Planet film crew stumbled on an event little known at the time. Ten thousand years ago, as hunter-gatherers, we lived a sustainable life because that was the only option. Rewilding the world is simpler than you might think. Kate Raworth, an economist at the University of Oxford, has added a social boundary to The Planetary Boundaries model - one that requires us to provide minimum levels of human well-being for all, including adequate housing, clean water, food, education, and justice. The world population was 2.3 billion, the carbon in the atmosphere was 280 parts per million, and the remaining wilderness was 66%. We seem to have broken loose from the restrictions that have governed the activities and numbers of other animals. However, if we had "no fishing" zones in one-third of the sea, our fish stocks could recover over the long term. Honest, revealing and urgent, David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet is a powerful first-hand account of humanity's impact on nature and a message of hope for future generations. If you have a global view, which - and science can give us - science would say that there are more species in danger of total disappearance than there have been in human history. To restore stability to our planet, we must restore its biodiversity. The Holocene was our Garden of Eden. Its covered with small family-run farms with no room for expansion. [exclaiming in surprise] And Im still learning. And in life the animal itself lived in the chamber here and spread out its tentacles to catch its prey. A line in the rock layers. With all these things, there is one overriding principle. as they were made aware of the natural world. Its now time for our species to stop simply growing. An in-depth, sobering look at the tragic events of a century ago. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. As Attenborough reflects on his life, he begins each chapter with three facts. Rising sea levels could lead to cities like Rotterdam, Ho Chi Minh City, and Miami being evacuated. But Chernobyl was a single event. Our predators had been eliminated. Instead, cover crops are planted after harvest to protect the soil, and crops are rotated. Our impact now truly profound. We have already moved beyond the boundaries of four of these nine. Attenborough is now 94, and throughout his long life, has watched the natural world wither before his eyes. In David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet (2020), which premiered on Netflix, co-director Keith Scholey of Silverback Films and producer Colin Butfield of the World Wildlife Fund bring us Sir David's witness statement. You saw a blue marble, a blue sphere in the blackness, and you realized that that was the earth. Sir David Attenborough is a BAFTA and Emmy-Award winning broadcaster and natural historian.He is the internationally bestselling author of over 25 books, including Life on Earth.He also served as controller of BBC Two and director of programming for BBC Television in the 1960s and 1970s, and as the President of the Royal Society for Nature Conservation in the 90s. We have overfished 30% of fish stocks to critical levels. But somehow, it really changed the attitude of people. However, these marvels of the underwater food chain have become rarer, owing to overfishing, and because of disruptions in the food chain, our oceans are dying. Mistakes. Huge herds on the plains have kept the grasslands rich and productive by fertilizing the soils. In 1990, parts of the Mexican Coast were overfished, so a marine protected area was established. It was a rediscovery of a fundamental truth. The start of my career in my 20s coincided with the advent of global air travel. 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. Based on the comic book series by Mark Millar and Peter Gross. Its an achingly intricate labor. The best time of our lives. The largest whales, the blues, numbered only a few thousand by then. It was a great place to come to as a boy, because this is, um, ironstone workings, but it was disused. Just imagine that. However, stressed polyps dispose of their algae partners, leading them to bleach and turn into skeletons. Ive seen it with my own eyes. And Im going to tell you how. Politicians and corporates have to overcome vested interests and work towards the greater good. Over billions of years, nature has crafted miraculous forms, each more complex and accomplished than the last. A sixth mass extinction event is well underway. The problem is that our fishing fleets are just as good at finding those hot spots as are the fish. As nations develop everywhere, people choose to have fewer children. It's not too late. And the reef turns from wonderland to wasteland. They have a symbiotic relationship; the algae absorb sunlight, which provides the polyps with the energy they need to snap up their passing prey, and expand their coral colony. The true tragedy of our time is still unfolding across the globe, barely noticeable from day to day. We rely entirely on this finely tuned life-support machine. Then watch the video and do the exercises. Its crazy that our banks and our pensions are investing in fossil fuel when these are the very things that are jeopardizing the future that we are saving for. A key reason the population is still growing is because many of us are living longer. Fortunately, Tanzania and Kenya took far-sighted action to safeguard the sacred paths of the Serengeti migration. [Attenborough] We are facing nothing less than the collapse of the living world. Attenborough is famous for many of the truly epic natural history documentaries on our planet. None of us can afford for it to happen. There was an edge to our existence. Any graph that measures their side-effects; carbon dioxide, methane, loss of land and sea wilderness, and increasing farmland will also illustrate a sharply accelerating increase. In one person's lifetime, we have demolished our land and sea wilderness. It revealed a cold reality. The ocean covers 70% of our planet's surface, and it's where all forms of life began. Right now, were facing a manmade disaster of global scale. [protester in English] Hello, Boctok. [Attenborough] It was a stark contrast to the world I knew. The living world cant operate without a healthy ocean and neither can we. By the 1980s, uncontrolled logging had reduced this to just one quarter. It was the first indication to me that the earth was beginning to lose its balance. And tree diversity is the key to a rainforest. Attenborough's wildlife journey started at a young age. 2030s. Summer sea ice in the Arctic has reduced by 40% in 40 years. Thats almost 20 times the energy we need just from sunlight. The last one is thought to have been a meteorite that struck Earth, destroying anything bigger than a dog. In this trailer, he talks about his documentary A Life on Our Planet. SIMON: I - forgive me, but I feel the need to quote a movie in which your brother starred (laughter), "Jurassic Park," where the scientist says, nature finds a way. 2020 WORLD POPULATION: 7.8 BILLION CARBON IN ATMOSPHERE: 415 PARTS PER MILLION REMAINING WILDERNESS: 35%, Science predicts that were I born today, I would be witness to the following. Um, and I certainly would feel very guilty if I saw what the problems are and decided to ignore them. Our blind assault on the planet has finally come to alter the very fundamentals of the living world. In just 25 years, the forest has returned to cover half of Costa Rica once again. Copyright 2020 NPR. Our intelligence changed the way in which we evolved. 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. Mangroves and coral reefs along thousands of miles of coast have harbored nurseries of fish species that, when mature, then range into open waters. At the same time, the Arctic becomes ice-free in the summer. ATTENBOROUGH: Well, I'm not sure if you can take an overall view like that. In his latest book and film, "A Life on Our Planet," he offers a grave and alarming assessment about . Small creatures called polyps, create reefs by building walls of calcium carbonate to protect their tiny forms, while the fantastic colors of a coral reef come from the algae in their tissues. attenborough a life on our planet transcript life on earth the greatest story ever told david . As a child, Attenborough enjoyed studying fossils. Attenborough launched an official Instagram account on Thursday, Sept. 24, in support of the film. Humanitarian crises would result as people would be forced to relocate, triggering border conflict. We have to do our best. Some of the numbers are slightly out too. But what if Nimona is the monster he's sworn to kill? A marked change in atmospheric carbon has always been incompatible with a stable earth. To establish a life on our planet in balance with nature. Vast forests. It seems possible for us to feed ourselves quite happily using half the land we currently use. For 10,000 years, the average temperature has not wavered up or down by more than one degree Celsius. Go behind the scenes of Netflix TV shows and movies, see what's coming soon and watch bonus videos on, Trailer: David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet. That may sound impossible, but there are ways in which we can do this. We have such a fascination for wildlife, but wild animals make up only 4% of the mammals on Earth. This might all sound like a post-apocalyptic horror movie. At 93, Sir David Attenborough has spent a lifetime studying the natural world, and been knighted for his efforts. Ive experienced the living world firsthand in all its variety and wonder. We require wisdom. Emmy-winning narrator David Attenborough ("Our Planet," "Planet Earth II") looks back and shares a way forward. If we do things that are unsustainable, the damage accumulates ultimately to a point where the whole system collapses. Accuracy and availability may vary. So let's go back to the beginning of this summary. By the time Frozen Planet aired in 2011, the reasons for these changes was well established. Recent surveys indicate that one-third of the population has either stopped or reduced their meat consumption in the UK, and 39% of Americans are trying to eat less meat. David Attenborough is a famous British naturalist. Immense grasslands. As the ocean continues to heat and becomes more acidic, coral reefs around the world die. But whether it will survive in the form that will include us in it is just another question. So, how do we recognize critical thresholds? ATTENBOROUGH: Well, I think it changed everybody's view. The biodiversity of the Holocene helped to bring stability, and the entire living world settled into a gentle, reliable rhythm the seasons. The natural world will survive. 70% of the mass of birds on this planet are domestic birds. All this was absolutely clear, it was only just stopped being a working quarry. The very thing that gave birth to our civilization. Global food production enters a crisis as soils become exhausted by overuse. David Attenborough A Life On Our Planet 2020 An important documentary that everyone should watch. Apple TV+ has renewed the award-winning natural history series from executive producers Jon Favreau and Mike Gunton and BBC Studios Natural History Unit (Planet Earth). But we can make them the only source. Energy everywhere will be more affordable. You say in this book, with us or without us ATTENBOROUGH: Oh, well, yes. And there, only a few yards away, we spotted a great furry red form swaying in the trees. Ocean life was also unravelling in the shallows. When fish stocks began to reduce, the Palauans responded by restricting fishing practices and banning fishing entirely from many areas. More recently, you may have heard of Pripyat from the HBO series Chernobyl? Imagine if we phase out fossil fuels and run our world on the eternal energies of nature too. When you think about it, were completing a journey. The tragedy is that despite powerful stories such as this, including Dian Fossey's work with gorilla populations, and the creation of tiger reserves in India, wildlife habitats are increasingly endangered. We need to shift to plant-based diets. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. 2021 Scraps from the Loft. Sir David. According to Attenborough, the 22nd century could herald massive enforced human migration. You can be in one spot on the Serengeti, and the place is totally empty of animals, and then, the next morning [bellowing] one million wildebeest. In the northern regions, the temperatures would lift in March, triggering spring, and stay high until they dipped in October and brought about autumn. Iceland, Albania, and Paraguay generate their electricity without fossil fuels. Buy now . A renewable future will be full of benefits. The wealthiest 16% in the world are responsible for almost 50% of the environmental impact. It triggered an environmental catastrophe that had an impact across Europe. It was a very different world back then. We can start to produce food in new spaces. And I remember very well that first shot. A century from now, our planet could be a wild place again. Protected fish populations soon became so healthy, they spilt over into the areas open to fishing. According to David Attenborough, we have 'overrun the Earth.' If we all had a largely plant-based diet, we would need only half the land we use at the moment. Pripyat is situated in Ukraine, and was built by the Soviet Union in the 1970s. Otherwise, this is brilliant! Coral reefs were turning white. It had everything a community would need for a comfortable life. A meteorite impact triggered a catastrophic change in the earths conditions. But its possible to slow, even to stop population growth well before it reaches that point. [chuckles] Because I wish the struggle wasnt there or necessary. The various meetings that have been convened by the United Nations - setting out plans which need validation by national governments and which will cost national governments, and I think that we need to persuade our own government in this country - and maybe you in your country - that we as citizens recognize what's happening to the world.

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