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[Hoegh-Guldberg] Look at Great Barrier Reef
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Chasing Coral

Look at Great Barrier Reef, it's really the Manhattan of the ocean

[Hoegh-Guldberg]
Look at Great Barrier Reef, it's really the Manhattan of the ocean

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[Hoegh-Guldberg] Look at Great Barrier Reef,
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it's really the Manhattan of the ocean.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
13
Timestamp in Movie
00:37:16
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.
This hugely diverse and complex city. - Chasing Coral 00:05
This hugely diverse and complex city.
And like in a city, the fish are living in very specific places. - Chasing Coral 00:05
And like in a city, the fish are living in very specific pla...
The same fish is living in the same piece of coral - Chasing Coral 00:06
The same fish is living in the same piece of coral
In the morning and afternoon, you have traffic on the reef. - Chasing Coral 00:05
In the morning and afternoon, you have traffic on the reef.
You've got fish which have, like, spent the night on the reef, - Chasing Coral 00:08
You've got fish which have, like, spent the night on th...
When the sun starts coming up, you actually have a morning chorus, - Chasing Coral 00:10
When the sun starts coming up, you actually have a morning c...
Each fish, each animal, has its own job, and it does its own thing. - Chasing Coral 00:06
Each fish, each animal, has its own job, and it does its own...
And they'll go pick a piece of algae and plant it, and look after that area. - Chasing Coral 00:07
And they'll go pick a piece of algae and plant it, and ...
There are strange partnerships, - Chasing Coral 00:07
There are strange partnerships,
Completely different fish, but they work together - Chasing Coral 00:07
Completely different fish, but they work together
One of the things you notice is the sort of crunching noise. - Chasing Coral 00:05
One of the things you notice is the sort of crunching noise.
They actually eat the coral. They're crunching away at the coral. - Chasing Coral 00:05
They actually eat the coral. They're crunching away at ...
When that coral passes through the parrotfish, - Chasing Coral 00:06
When that coral passes through the parrotfish,
So, in fact, every single beach, - Chasing Coral 00:07
So, in fact, every single beach,
[Vevers] Coral reefs are hugely important for the ocean, - Chasing Coral 00:07
[Vevers] Coral reefs are hugely important for the ocean,
And they say something like 25% of all marine life relies on coral reefs. - Chasing Coral 00:07
And they say something like 25% of all marine life relies on...
[Eakin] We've got half a billion to a billion people - Chasing Coral 00:09
[Eakin] We've got half a billion to a billion people
[Porter] Without that protein, they're going to be malnourished. - Chasing Coral 00:05
[Porter] Without that protein, they're going to be mal...
Their culture, their way of life, - Chasing Coral 00:08
Their culture, their way of life,
And many of the new drugs that are coming to help humans - Chasing Coral 00:08
And many of the new drugs that are coming to help humans