Tag: David Attenborough
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Opinion: 2021 Reflections on Earth Day
”People must feel that the natural world is important and valuable and beautiful and wonderful and an amazement and a pleasure.” – David Attenborough, steward of the Earth What a perfect time of year this is to celebrate the beauty and the importance of our life-sustaining Earth. Newly greened trees, the songs of birds, colorful…
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SOLUTIONS: Virtual exploration of our world
By Huck Fairman Since most of us can neither safely travel for exploration, nor want to, given the risks, another way to see our planet is available on the streaming service Discovery+. Its five episodes of “A Perfect Planet” will “examine the forces of nature that shape all life.” These include sunlight, weather, oceans, volcanoes…
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An eloquent witness to Earth’s changing climate
By Michele S. Byers In his 94 years, British naturalist and broadcaster David Attenborough has explored every part of the Earth, from polar ice caps to equatorial rain forests to African savannas. His acclaimed television series, including “Life on Earth” and “The Blue Planet,” brought exotic animal species into millions of homes, sparking a sense…