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It is 1957. A 31-year-old BBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation is the UK's national broadcaster. presenter named David Attenborough is on an island in the Great Barrier ReefThe world's largest coral reef system found off the coast of Australia. . He is filming some of the first ever footage of green turtles laying their eggs.

It is 2023. Attenborough's programmes are watched by millions of people around the world.

Now, that island is sinking as sea levels rise. When the island sinks completely, the turtles there will simply die out.

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It shows how vulnerableat risk of being harmed the natural world is. But some think we can learn a lot from nature. They say it is not really fragileEasily broken. at all, but antifragile.

Antifragility is the idea that the more stress something faces, the better it becomes at surviving.

Yes! The world has been through terrible times. Some animals have died out, but nature has always come back stronger. It is antifragile.

No! The world has never seen something like human-made climate changeLong-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. Human action is a major cause of climate change. before. It would be a mistake to think that nature will definitely survive.

BBC - The British Broadcasting Corporation is the UK's national broadcaster.

Great Barrier Reef - The world's largest coral reef system found off the coast of Australia.

vulnerable - at risk of being harmed

Fragile - Easily broken.

Climate change - Long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. Human action is a major cause of climate change.