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[Oddball]

You asked me this question, I should note, because you now claim to be running from “questions questions too many questions.”

He would be classified as a science communicator, which is someone who can understand science and make it accessible to people not like you.

As to his commentaries about climate change, like any good scientist, he was swayed by the preponderance of evidence, which has steadily grown since about 1975 or so. Attenborough claims to be convinced of the evidence in 2004 and has mentioned it in his documentaries from about 2006 or so.

whoaa Sapphire, easy Girl.

the usual happened, some gatecrashers erm.............................gatecrashed the thread.

 

[Jebus_lives]

You asked me this question, I should note, because you now claim to be running from “questions questions too many questions.”

He would be classified as a science communicator, which is someone who can understand science and make it accessible to people not like you.

As to his commentaries about climate change, like any good scientist, he was swayed by the preponderance of evidence, which has steadily grown since about 1975 or so. Attenborough claims to be convinced of the evidence in 2004 and has mentioned it in his documentaries from about 2006 or so.

I read somewhere that he considered that the public would not be eager to hear messages of apocalypse and doom and gloom. The more modern examples of nature programmes are a far cry from 20 years ago.

Perhaps in his 80/90s, after a mountain of evidence and a changing attitude (of which he had a large hand in swaying), he felt it the appropriate moment to raise public awareness.

I can't remember many other examples of nature TV documenting so well the impacts of human activity on the natural world.

Does it go far enough? Probably not. Could it have come sooner? Yes. Has it influenced pubic opinion? Yes.

As for his animal perversions - unforgivable!

 

[Oddball]

Just checked and no he never, and that was bloody brilliant.

one of the best.

who narrated it- not being lazy mate - just can`t remember

 

[frank rizzo]

one of the best.

who narrated it- not being lazy mate - just can`t remember

Morgan freeman

 

[Rita_Poon]

Morgan freeman

Careful, didn't he marry his wifes daughter or something very similar...

 

[Oddball]

I read somewhere that he considered that the public would not be eager to hear messages of apocalypse and doom and gloom. The more modern examples of nature programmes are a far cry from 20 years ago.

Perhaps in his 80/90s, after a mountain of evidence and a changing attitude (of which he had a large hand in swaying), he felt it the appropriate moment to raise public awareness.

if he stated this then he`s a liar too.

there are documentaries from way back that pressed the environment alarm button (the clue is in the name, alarm. its to prevent further losses)

Greenpeace was founded in 1971

Attenborough is a complete fraud

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

Dave is the greatest broadcast presenter in the history of broadcaster presentering of wildlife and stuff. Anyone pretending to deny this is a rascal.

 

[Oddball]

Morgan freeman

cheers mate.

nice chat but i must be off.

 

[verreauxi]

He’s on more than his usual bath-salts windup tonight.

 

[Rita_Poon]

cheers mate.

nice chat but i must be off.

You take it easy champ, gods speed...

 

[Jebus_lives]

if he stated this then he`s a liar too.

there are documentaries from way back that pressed the environment alarm button (the clue is in the name, alarm. its to prevent further losses)

Greenpeace was founded in 1971

Attenborough is a complete fraud

There are plenty of documentaries that have done so. Plenty of scientific research outlining the human impact on the planet and evidencing the concept and impact of climate change.

Attenborough has had a long standing history of conservation (he was honoured for it in 1974) and he, as a film maker had probably been responsible for most on here being aware of animals in their own habitat and, even, the existence of some animals.

However, raising the alarm on environment and climate change, has, until fairly recently - been considered niche, fringe and alarmist.

Interesting you mentioned Greenpeace. One of my earliest memories of Greenpeace was their "save the whale" film in the late 70's...Guess who was the face of that campaign?

 

[Oddball]

There are plenty of documentaries that have done so. Plenty of scientific research outlining the human impact on the planet and evidencing the concept and impact of climate change.

Attenborough has had a long standing history of conservation (he was honoured for it in 1974) and he, as a film maker had probably been responsible for most on here being aware of animals in their own habitat and, even, the existence of some animals.

However, raising the alarm on environment and climate change, has, until fairly recently - been considered niche, fringe and alarmist.

Interesting you mentioned Greenpeace. One of my earliest memories of Greenpeace was their "save the whale" film in the late 70's...Guess who was the face of that campaign?

and again, i`m not talking about "Climate Warmings"

you`re contradicting yourself.- one minute you`re saying he didn`t want to be alarmist and the next you`re saying there`s plenty of documentaries on it!

you don`t need to be a scientist to notice habitat destruction.

the founder of Greenpeace was virtually ousted from the organisation , he was disgusted that it had become politicised.

if Attenborough had anything about him at all he would`ve told the truth instead of not wanting to be seen as "niche, fringe and alarmist" he`s a two-bit narrator who voiced over most of those programmes.

 

[Oddball]

You take it easy champ, gods speed...

i`ve done the math.

thats seven (7) words in one (1) post

quite an improvement Poon but capitals should be used for God and in the singular too

if you concentrated more and weren`t distracted and/or influenced by less salubrious members it would be possible for you to achieve a consistently higher standard of post.

 

[Charro]

i`ve done the math.

thats seven (7) words in one (1) post

quite an improvement Poon but capitals should be used for God and in the singular too

if you concentrated more and weren`t distracted and/or influenced by less salubrious members it would be possible for you to achieve a consistently higher standard of post.

Where do you get your news from if you don't mind me asking?

 

[Jimishorts]

Where do you get your news from if you don't mind me asking?