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Chasing Coral

The coral doesn't existwithout these little tiny plant cells

The coral doesn't exist
without these little tiny plant cells

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The coral doesn't exist without these little tiny plant cells.
Duration
7 seconds
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18
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:10
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.
They are completely reliant on each other, and you don't have one without the other. - Chasing Coral 00:07
They are completely reliant on each other, and you don'...
Is the color change fairly uniform, - Chasing Coral 00:08
Is the color change fairly uniform,
- Pocilloporas could go overnight, right? -It's never been shot in the wild before. - Chasing Coral 00:06
- Pocilloporas could go overnight, right? -It's never ...
That's what so thrilling to me about what's going on here - Chasing Coral 00:09
That's what so thrilling to me about what's going ...
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...