Ocean: David Attenborough's stunning exploration of the seas
- David Attenborough, a British naturalist, stars in the new film Ocean, releasing in cinemas on Thursday, May 8, 2025, his 99th birthday.
- The film traces nearly 100 years of ocean challenges, including industrial fishing and coral bleaching, while coinciding with a pending UN Ocean conference.
- Ocean highlights the current bleak state of seas but presents discoveries found during filming that suggest the oceans can recover faster than previously imagined.
- Having spent almost a century on Earth, Attenborough has come to realize that the ocean, rather than the land, holds the greatest significance.
- The film’s release aims to raise awareness ahead of the June UN conference, where nations hope to ratify a 2023 ocean biodiversity agreement requiring 60 signatories.
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The moment in David Attenborough's Ocean that will haunt me forever
Ocean is the latest documentary from Sir David Attenborough (Picture: Silverback Films/Open Planet Studios/Keith Scholey All Rights Reserved) After almost 100 years on planet Earth, Sir David Attenborough marks his birthday today with a stark warning that the oceans are heading into an underwater apocalypse – but there is hope. Ocean arrives in cinemas today ahead of the UN’s Oceans Day on June 8, which is campaigning for 30% of the world’s oce…
Ocean: David Attenborough's stunning exploration of the seas
You’ve seen him on the BBC, you’ve seen him on Netflix; perhaps on your television, perhaps on your tablet. This week, you’ll see David Attenborough on a whole different level. At 99 years of age, the legendary naturalist hits cinemas across the globe.


New Attenborough film showcases both destruction and hope in planet's oceans
British naturalist David Attenborough says there is hope for the future of the planet's oceans in a new film that sets out both the scale of damage caused by human activities and the oceans' capacity for recovery. In his latest work "Ocean", Attenborough, one of the world's best-known nature broadcasters…
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