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Chasing Coral

That this was a threat across the planetto coral reefs, which would happen very quicklyand...

That this was a threat across the planet
to coral reefs, which would happen very quickly
and cause a lot of damage

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That this was a threat across the planet to coral reefs,
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which would happen very quickly and cause a lot of damage.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:16:19
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.
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...
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.