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Chasing Coral

Used to literally sit behind a deskfor hours a day using Charlie Veron's coral liststo ID...

Used to literally sit behind a desk
for hours a day using Charlie Veron's coral lists
to ID things

Full Transcript

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Used to literally sit behind a desk for hours a day
00:00:04.044 --> 00:00:08.215
using Charlie Veron's coral lists to ID things.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
16
Timestamp in Movie
01:08:41
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.
He was the information that I used on a daily basis - Chasing Coral 00:08
He was the information that I used on a daily basis
And now, I'm about to go sit in his living room and interview him. - Chasing Coral 00:06
And now, I'm about to go sit in his living room and int...
While I was in college studying evolutionary biology, - Chasing Coral 00:06
While I was in college studying evolutionary biology,
And so, for five years, I grew coral, - Chasing Coral 00:10
And so, for five years, I grew coral,
So, I was very nervous about it-- Coming here, so-- - Chasing Coral 00:07
So, I was very nervous about it-- Coming here, so--
No, not at all, but-- - Chasing Coral 00:09
No, not at all, but--
Then it was... it was a totally different mindset, - Chasing Coral 00:10
Then it was... it was a totally different mindset,
-Yeah. -I even wondered - Chasing Coral 00:06
-Yeah. -I even wondered
And this bleaching and the degrading of the Great Barrier - Chasing Coral 00:08
And this bleaching and the degrading of the Great Barrier
Up at Lizard, we essentially have fluorescing or bleached corals - Chasing Coral 00:09
Up at Lizard, we essentially have fluorescing or bleached co...
Yeah. It was actually quite difficult while we were up there. - Chasing Coral 00:05
Yeah. It was actually quite difficult while we were up there...
I got quite frustrated a few times where I just didn't wanna be there anymore. - Chasing Coral 00:06
I got quite frustrated a few times where I just didn't ...
You know, I'm ready to check out when-- - Chasing Coral 00:07
You know, I'm ready to check out when--
And I'm damned if I'm ever gonna stop until I go completely senile. - Chasing Coral 00:06
And I'm damned if I'm ever gonna stop until I go c...
[laughs] - Chasing Coral 00:07
[laughs]
Otherwise, you're not gonna like yourself when you're an old man. - Chasing Coral 00:05
Otherwise, you're not gonna like yourself when you'...
If you can say, "Well, I sure tried to turn that around. - Chasing Coral 00:05
If you can say, "Well, I sure tried to turn that around...
And maybe I did influence people here and there and..." - Chasing Coral 00:09
And maybe I did influence people here and there and..."
[Vevers] Losing the Barrier Reef has actually gotta mean something. - Chasing Coral 00:06
[Vevers] Losing the Barrier Reef has actually gotta mean so...
You can't let it just die, and it becomes an old textbook. - Chasing Coral 00:06
You can't let it just die, and it becomes an old textbo...