US EditionBook Review: David Attenborough takes readers to ‘Earth’s Last Wilderness’ in ‘Ocean’
- Sir David Attenborough published his book 'Ocean: Earth's Ocean' as a companion to a National Geographic film in early May 2025.
- Attenborough’s decades of ocean exploration and recent scientific findings on marine ecosystems motivated the creation of the book and film.
- The works detail global warming impacts, highlight fishing threats like bottom trawling, and show recovery cases such as Cabo Pulmo’s marine preserve in Mexico.
- More than 90% of film footage was filmed in the past two years with production fast-tracked in 2.5 years to influence policymakers and raise public awareness.
- The film and book call for 30% of oceans to become enforceable no-take marine reserves by 2030 to allow ecosystems to regenerate and prevent further harm.
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Book Review: David Attenborough transports readers to ‘Earth’s Last Wilderness’ in ‘Ocean’
British biologist Sir David Attenborough will celebrate his 99th birthday two days after the publication of his latest book, “Ocean: Earth’s Last Wilderness,” co-written with long-time BBC collaborator Colin Butfield. And I’m willing to bet instead of a cake or any gifts, he’d appreciate it if every nation would sign on to the U.N. High Seas Treaty and stop exploiting the ocean for short-term gains.
David Attenborough at 99: “Life will almost certainly find a way”
Over a career spanning seven decades, David Attenborough has brought the strangeness, beauty and wonder of the natural world to British television, in programmes such as Life on Earth and Blue Planet, and campaigned for environmental conservation. In Ocean, published on 8 May to coincide with Attenborough’s 99th birthday, he and his long-time collaborator Colin Butfield turn their attentions to this last great wilderness, still the most unexplor…
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Book Review: David Attenborough takes readers to ‘Earth’s Last Wilderness’ in ‘Ocean’
Sir David Attenborough is back with another television and book twofer, this time exploring the ocean. Packed with stories from Attenborough’s lifetime of marine exploration and focusing on eight salt-water habitats, “Ocean” transports readers to coral reefs, the deep, open…
Legendary filmmaker David Attenborough's discovery prematurely of 99th birthday celebration
Ahead of his 99th birthday celebration on May 8, the globe’s most famed documentarian Sir David Attenborough has really had an enormous realisation relating to nature. “After living for nearly a hundred years on this planet, I now understand that the most important place on Earth is not on land, but at sea,” he said. His remarks are talked firstly of his brand-new film, Ocean with David Attenborough, which will definitely premiere in London on M…
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