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Chasing Coral

That now manifestsin this massive structure that can be seen from space

that now manifests
in this massive structure that can be seen from space

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that now manifests in this massive structure
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that can be seen from space.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:22
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] There's a famous reef in American Samoa called Airport Reef. - Chasing Coral 00:06
[Vevers] There's a famous reef in American Samoa calle...
We heard that there was an area where the corals were turning white. - Chasing Coral 00:07
We heard that there was an area where the corals were turnin...
Because we'd been there previously to do a survey... - Chasing Coral 00:05
Because we'd been there previously to do a survey...
To be honest, I didn't have the knowledge to know how to process it. - Chasing Coral 00:06
To be honest, I didn't have the knowledge to know how t...
[Hoegh-Guldberg] When Richard saw that white coral, - Chasing Coral 00:06
[Hoegh-Guldberg] When Richard saw that white coral,
I think I admitted to him that I thought this was far more deadly - Chasing Coral 00:08
I think I admitted to him that I thought this was far more d...
And so, what we've seen since the early 1980s - Chasing Coral 00:11
And so, what we've seen since the early 1980s
I think that was the first time that he saw the enormity of the issue. - Chasing Coral 00:06
I think that was the first time that he saw the enormity of ...
That this was a threat across the planet to coral reefs, - Chasing Coral 00:10
That this was a threat across the planet to coral reefs,
Back in the '80s, we started looking at this weird phenomenon. - Chasing Coral 00:05
Back in the '80s, we started looking at this weird phen...
Large sections of-- of reefs were turning white, - Chasing Coral 00:06
Large sections of-- of reefs were turning white,
As we did more and more experiments, - Chasing Coral 00:08
As we did more and more experiments,
And the only thing you could do in an experiment - Chasing Coral 00:10
And the only thing you could do in an experiment
By the end of my PhD, - Chasing Coral 00:13
By the end of my PhD,
[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...