David Attenborough Netflix documentary: Australian scientists break down in tears over climate crisis

Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet shows the toll the demise of the Earth's natural places is having on the people who study them

One of Australia's leading coral reef scientists is seen breaking down in tears at the decline of the Great Barrier Reef during a new Sir David Attenborough documentary to be released globally on Friday evening.

Prof Terry Hughes is recounting three coral bleaching monitoring missions in 2016, 2017 and 2020 when he says: It's a job I hoped I would never have to do because it's actually very confronting ..." before tears cut him short.