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Chasing Coral

I work for the National Oceanicand Atmospheric Administration or NOAA

I work for the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration or NOAA

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I work for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or NOAA.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:27:27
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.
We use satellites to look at the sea surface temperatures - Chasing Coral 00:07
We use satellites to look at the sea surface temperatures
The one thing the temperatures have shown us, with no question, - Chasing Coral 00:08
The one thing the temperatures have shown us, with no questi...
Temperatures in the ocean go through normal cycles. - Chasing Coral 00:05
Temperatures in the ocean go through normal cycles.
If the temperature were staying constant, - Chasing Coral 00:09
If the temperature were staying constant,
But now we've reached the point that we've changed that average. - Chasing Coral 00:07
But now we've reached the point that we've changed...
Your warm temperatures keep getting warmer and warmer and warmer. - Chasing Coral 00:07
Your warm temperatures keep getting warmer and warmer and wa...
The first widespread bleaching event occurred in the early 1980s. - Chasing Coral 00:08
The first widespread bleaching event occurred in the early 1...
'97, '98, this was the first global-scale mass-bleaching. - Chasing Coral 00:08
'97, '98, this was the first global-scale mass-ble...
A lot of corals bleached, a lot of corals died. - Chasing Coral 00:05
A lot of corals bleached, a lot of corals died.
2010, only 12 years later, - Chasing Coral 00:10
2010, only 12 years later,
We've got the potential of the third global-scale mass-bleaching event. - Chasing Coral 00:07
We've got the potential of the third global-scale mass-...
Basically, at this point, about two-thirds - Chasing Coral 00:13
Basically, at this point, about two-thirds
[Vevers] I'm zooming in on Hawaii, - Chasing Coral 00:10
[Vevers] I'm zooming in on Hawaii,
And you look at some of the other hotspots around the world, - Chasing Coral 00:11
And you look at some of the other hotspots around the world,
There's this big heat wave that's traveling around the planet, - Chasing Coral 00:07
There's this big heat wave that's traveling around...
This is a small window of opportunity that we've got right now - Chasing Coral 00:10
This is a small window of opportunity that we've got ri...
Normally, we would have done extensive field-testing with these cameras, - Chasing Coral 00:09
Normally, we would have done extensive field-testing with th...
I'm not sure how happy the airport people are gonna be. - Chasing Coral 00:05
I'm not sure how happy the airport people are gonna be.
We're whittling plastic away from the underwater solar panel. - Chasing Coral 00:05
We're whittling plastic away from the underwater solar ...
-Is that good? -[indistinct chatter] - Chasing Coral 00:12
-Is that good? -[indistinct chatter]