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The first widespread bleaching event occurred in the early 1980s
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Chasing Coral

The first widespread bleaching eventoccurred in the early 1980s

The first widespread bleaching event
occurred in the early 1980s

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The first widespread bleaching event occurred in the early 1980s.
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8 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:28:06
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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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.
'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]
[Ackerman] We'll go down, we'll scout, we'll find a bunch of spots, - Chasing Coral 00:06
[Ackerman] We'll go down, we'll scout, we'll ...
This was completely different from any other scuba diving I've done. - Chasing Coral 00:05
This was completely different from any other scuba diving I&...
[Rago] You're working in an environment that humans weren't built for. - Chasing Coral 00:05
[Rago] You're working in an environment that humans we...
You also can't communicate with your team, - Chasing Coral 00:09
You also can't communicate with your team,
So, if you're trying to get leverage to put something into the ground, - Chasing Coral 00:08
So, if you're trying to get leverage to put something i...
-[thunder rumbling] -[warning alarm] - Chasing Coral 00:07
-[thunder rumbling] -[warning alarm]
[Vevers] Because of this vacuum-sealed glass dome, - Chasing Coral 00:08
[Vevers] Because of this vacuum-sealed glass dome,