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Chasing Coral

That's what so thrilling to meabout what's going on here is that it's gonna be the first...

That's what so thrilling to me
about what's going on here is that it's gonna be the first time
we'll actually be able to ask that -and answer that question.
-Yeah

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That's what so thrilling to me about what's going on here
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is that it's gonna be the first time we'll actually be able to ask that
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-and answer that question. -Yeah.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
16
Timestamp in Movie
00:26:18
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.
And Lutea, that big one that you saw. So-- - Chasing Coral 00:06
And Lutea, that big one that you saw. So--
[Gates] Yes, 'cause most of them-- In Hawaii, we have a very high proportion - Chasing Coral 00:07
[Gates] Yes, 'cause most of them-- In Hawaii, we have a...
[continues indistinctly] - Chasing Coral 00:11
[continues indistinctly]
We thought, "We just need to do this wherever the bleaching is happening." - Chasing Coral 00:10
We thought, "We just need to do this wherever the bleac...
It's, uh... getting a little depressing. - Chasing Coral 00:06
It's, uh... getting a little depressing.
Yes. And I've read your e-mail, - Chasing Coral 00:07
Yes. And I've read your e-mail,
Mark Eakin provided us with the tools to be able to understand - Chasing Coral 00:07
Mark Eakin provided us with the tools to be able to understa...
I work for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or NOAA. - Chasing Coral 00:06
I work for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrati...
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