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Chasing Coral

By the end of my PhD, we were putting cautious words "Well, you know,maybe this is global...

By the end of my PhD, we were putting cautious words
in the literature saying: "Well, you know,
maybe this is global warming, and this is one of the early impacts
on reefs."

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By the end of my PhD,
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we were putting cautious words in the literature saying:
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"Well, you know, maybe this is global warming,
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and this is one of the early impacts on reefs."
Duration
13 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:17:01
Uploaded
Oct 30, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Sustainable Films,Exposure Labs,Argent Pictures,Code Blue Foundation,EarthSense Foundation,Kendeda Fund, The

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Movie Summary

Coral reefs around the world are vanishing at an unprecedented rate. A team of divers, photographers and scientists set out on a thrilling ocean adventure to discover why and to reveal the underwater mystery to the world.
[Vevers] We look at climate change as if it's an issue in the air. - Chasing Coral 00:06
[Vevers] We look at climate change as if it's an issue...
Does that really matter?" - Chasing Coral 00:06
Does that really matter?"
And imagine your body temperature rises one degree centigrade - Chasing Coral 00:08
And imagine your body temperature rises one degree centigrad...
And that's the seriousness of the issue when you look at it in terms of the ocean. - Chasing Coral 00:06
And that's the seriousness of the issue when you look a...
[Gates] Coral bleaching itself is a stress response, - Chasing Coral 00:11
[Gates] Coral bleaching itself is a stress response,
If the temperature spikes just a little bit above their normal range... - Chasing Coral 00:05
If the temperature spikes just a little bit above their norm...
The small plants that live inside their tissues, - Chasing Coral 00:10
The small plants that live inside their tissues,
The animal essentially senses that: - Chasing Coral 00:15
The animal essentially senses that:
They try to get rid of those plants that are no longer functional... - Chasing Coral 00:05
They try to get rid of those plants that are no longer funct...
And leave behind the transparent, naked tissue. - Chasing Coral 00:06
And leave behind the transparent, naked tissue.
They've lost the very most important food source that they have. - Chasing Coral 00:06
They've lost the very most important food source that t...
[Vevers] When the coral bleaches, - Chasing Coral 00:06
[Vevers] When the coral bleaches,
[Gates] If it's a very clean white look about the coral... - Chasing Coral 00:06
[Gates] If it's a very clean white look about the cora...
It will generally not grow. It will generally not reproduce. - Chasing Coral 00:06
It will generally not grow. It will generally not reproduce.
You'll see these fuzzy microalgae. - Chasing Coral 00:05
You'll see these fuzzy microalgae.
The whole surface suddenly become much, much fuzzier to look at. - Chasing Coral 00:07
The whole surface suddenly become much, much fuzzier to look...
[people chattering] - Chasing Coral 00:07
[people chattering]
Coral bleaching is very difficult to communicate. - Chasing Coral 00:06
Coral bleaching is very difficult to communicate.
So, we need to communicate it in a different way. - Chasing Coral 00:05
So, we need to communicate it in a different way.
I was flying on a plane, and I watched a film, Chasing Ice . - Chasing Coral 00:07
I was flying on a plane, and I watched a film, Chasing Ice ...