The Death of the Oceans

Today on Far Future Horizons we present an exciting episode from the acclaimed BBC science documentary series “Horizon” entitled “The Death of the Oceans”. In today’s instalment of Horizon we join our host Sir David Attenborough as he takes us on an in depth scientific investigation concerning the negative impact human civilization is having on the world’s oceans.



Sir David Attenborough reveals the findings of one of the most ambitious scientific studies of our time - an investigation into what is happening to our oceans. He looks at whether it is too late to save their remarkable biodiversity.Horizon travels from the cold waters of the North Atlantic to the tropical waters of the Great Barrier Reef to meet the scientists who are transforming our understanding of this unique habitat. Attenborough explores some of the ways in which we are affecting marine life - from over-fishing to the acidification of sea water.

The film also uncovers the disturbing story of how shipping noise is deafening whales and dolphins, affecting their survival in the future.


BBC Horizon - The Death of the Oceans

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The Amber Time Machine

This stingless bee had already collected resin from the algarrobo tree and secured it on its hind legs before it somehow got entombed, beginning an epochal journey.

Today on Far Future Horizons we join host David Attenborough on a twenty million year odyssey as he tries to reconstruct a prehistoric world frozen in time inside a piece of amber.

Watching Desmond Morris

Today on Far Future Horizons it gives me great pleasure to present the documentary “Watching Desmond Morris” hosted by Sir David Attenborough.

Desmond Morris has been watching us for nearly fifty years, applying his skills as a zoologist to human beings as if they were just another animal.

Books such as "The Naked Ape" and "Manwatching" made him a household name. Now it is time to turn the tables and ask him a few questions.

With contributions from experts such as Richard Dawkins and Oliver James, and from Morris's old friend Sir David Attenborough, we ask how credible Morris's observations, and the conclusions, really were, and whether there is still anything to learn from studying humans in the way the he did.

The Blue Planet - Episode 02: The Deep

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the second episode of the acclaimed documentary series The Blue Planet narrated by David Attenborough.

In this second instalment Doctor Attenborough takes us into the deep. Over sixty percent of the sea is more than a mile deep and it forms the planet's most mysterious habitat. 

The Blue Planet - Episode 01: The Blue Planet

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the first episode of the acclaimed documentary series The Blue Planet narrated by David Attenborough.

The first instalment of The Blue Planet looks at how ocean life is regulated around the globe by currents and the varying position of the sun. 

The Lost Gods of Easter Island

Today on Far Future Horizons we present The Lost Gods of Easter Island a BBC documentary written and presented by David Attenborough. It explores the history of the civilization of the remote Easter islands. It was first aired on BBC television in the year 2000 and is part of the Attenborough in Paradise and Other Personal Voyages Collection of seven documentaries.

In this fascinating documentary David Attenborough embarks on a personal quest to uncover the history of a strange wooden figurine carving which turned up in an auction room in New York during the 1980s.

David Attenborough's First life – Conquest

Today on Far Future Horizons we join Dr. David Attenborough for the second episode of his acclaimed documentary series “First Life - Conquest” and follow the three and half billion year saga of life on Earth.

David Attenborough's First life - Arrival

Today on Far Future Horizons we join Dr. David Attenborough in search of the origin of life with his acclaimed documentary series “First Life” and follow the three and half billion year saga of life on Earth.

In fifty years of broadcasting, David Attenborough has travelled the globe to document the living world in all its wonder. Now, in this landmark series, he completes his journey by going back in time to the very roots of the tree of life, in search of the very first animals.

Dolphins: The Second Smartest Animal?

Today on Far Future Horizons we take a close look at perhaps the second smartest creature on our planet. In a recent article scientists have declared Dolphins the world’s second most intelligent creatures after humans, with scientists suggesting they are so bright that they should be treated as “non-human persons”. It appears that we share this planet with another sentient species.


Studies into dolphin behavior have highlighted how similar their communications are to those of humans and that they are brighter than chimpanzees. These have been backed up by anatomical research showing that dolphin brains have many key features associated with high intelligence.
Dolphin intelligence is even more impressive than scientists previously believed. So what are the ethical ramifications for our treatment of these extraordinary creatures?

Now we have tangible evidence there is intelligent life in Aquatica. I even suspect that Dolphins may be more intelligent than we are. At least, to the best of my knowledge, they do not pollute their environment.

The ancestors of the modern day dolphins entered the water roughly fifty million years ago, in the Eocene epoch. They have existed on our planet ten times longer than our first proto-human ancestors. If Dolphins could talk directly to us what wonderful tales would they tell us about life in the sea before the advent of humankind?