: Beyond the "doom and gloom," the episode is described as thought-provoking, using examples like drought-stricken rainforests and bleached coral to illustrate the evidence of change.
: Attenborough notes that while past mass extinctions occurred over thousands of years, some predictions suggest the current one could happen in just a hundred. BBC.State.of.the.Planet.1of3.Is.There.A.Crisis....
: It explores the "invisible" world, such as the abundance of bacteria, to illustrate the sheer variety and scale of life being affected. Production Context Release Year Narrator Sir David Attenborough Duration Approximately 50 minutes Structure Part 1 of a 3-part documentary series : Beyond the "doom and gloom," the episode