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The Oscar-winning documentary “My Octopus Teacher” chronicles the unlikely friendship between a South African naturalist and an octopus. The film is a touching meditation on man and mollusk. It’s also a celebration of the ocean’s strange beauty. So too is Helen Scales’ “The Brilliant Abyss: Exploring the Majestic Hidden Life of the Deep Ocean and the Looming Threat That Imperils It,” an exploration of the deep sea’s biodiversity and the threats it faces. Scales, a British marine...

“We also know our social media engagement has been incredible with interactions on a scale never seen before. "For example, from festival launch in late January to date we have seen over 1.5 million impressions across our social media channels, and our total net audience growth on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram is almost 7,000 per cent.” More than 3,000 people watched live an online talk between Sir David Attenborough and broadcaster Liz Bonnin during the Earth Optimism series of events at...