We take a tour with David Attenborough to look at some of his favourite parts of our immensely varied continent. From Lord Howe Island, where he did his knee in, to the Gogo fossil deposits in WA and the ancient life near Shark Bay. Of a range of threats to the Great Barrier Reef, David Attenborough cites rising acidity due to dissolved carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as the big over-riding threat to the reef.
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David Attenborough on Desert Island Discs
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David Attenborough Part 1: Threat To Great Barrier Reef
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David Attenborough Part 2: Wonder and Warning
In part 2 of his discussion with Robyn Williams, David Attenborough compares the birds of England to those of Australia. He describes the wonder of seeing flowers open using time-lapse 3D photography. Regarding argument over climate science, David Attenborough warns of catastrophe if people reject the results of science which don’t suit them.
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David Attenborough | BBC - Desert Island Discs - Castaway
Kirsty Young’s castaway for the 70th anniversary edition of Desert Island Discs is Sir David Attenborough.
He has seen more of the world than anyone else who has ever lived - he’s visited the north and south poles and witnessed most of the life in-between - from the birds in the canopies of tropical rainforests to giant earthworms in Australia.
But despite his extraordinary travels, there is one part of the globe that’s eluded him. As a young man and a keen rock-climber, he yearned to conquer the highest peak in the world. "I won’t make it now - I won’t make it to base camp now - but as a teenager, I thought that the only thing a red-blooded Englishman really should do was to climb Everest."
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David Attenborough in conversation with Richard Dawkins | Science | guardian.co.uk
How refreshing. Richard Dawkins talking to some one as smart as he is. This is SO much more interesting than belittling people’s views. A lovely dialogue.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/audio/2010/sep/11/evolution-dawkins
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Touch Radio 49: Chris Watson
Chris Watson journeys to the South Pole for the forthcoming David Attenborough series “The Frozen Planet” (BBC, 2011). Here he reports back with his experiences…