Our Planet
Mar. 9th, 2020 09:30 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
leblon Just started watching a new Netflix show, "Our Planet". Was hoping for something relaxing, but it turned out to be not quite what I expected. The 1st episode is beautifully shot, but the narration keeps mentioning the effects of climate change on some of the species. The 2nd episode, "Frozen Worlds", is about Arctic and Antarctic and it is heart-breaking. Especially the final 10 minutes or so about walruses. Sea ice now retreats far to the north during summer months, and walruses are forced to rest on tiny slivers of land. The resulting stampede is horrifying. Many try to avoid it by climbing rocks and fall down to their deaths. Very disturbing.
I wonder what the climate-change deniers' reaction is when they see such shows. OK, some of them don't watch nature shows at all, they only watch football. But many are educated. So what do they say? "Die, walrus, die?"
I wonder what the climate-change deniers' reaction is when they see such shows. OK, some of them don't watch nature shows at all, they only watch football. But many are educated. So what do they say? "Die, walrus, die?"
