Biodiversity describes the incredible variety of life found on our planet. This program explores Earth’s biodiversity, the fundamental processes and characteristics of the Earth’s biological history, the extinction of existing species, and the appearance of new ones, such as Homo sapiens. What are the long-term consequences of human population growth? Are we heading towards a great extinction? Is the Earth’s biological diversity diminishing irreversibly? This program will explore the answers to these questions and more.

Originally released by Cerebellum Corporation, 2013. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on July 10, 2018.

Biodiversity: Introduction (1:58); --Earth's Biological Diversity (2:48); -- Biodiversity: a Resource of Incalculable Worth (2:46); -- Tropical Forests Failing our Future (3:11); -- Towards the Great Extinction (4:50); -- Biodiversity: Summary (3:23); -- Credits: Beings and Biodiversity (2:14); .