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Chasing Coral

You may think, "Well, this is just a cyclethat we go through." Good morning. Coral...

You may think, "Well, this is just a cycle
that we go through." Good morning. Coral bleaching in Hawaii
has gained a lot of attention

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You may think, "Well, this is just a cycle that we go through."
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Good morning. Coral bleaching in Hawaii has gained a lot of attention.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:48:08
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.
-So much that... -[Vevers] This isn't a natural cycle. - Chasing Coral 00:06
-So much that... -[Vevers] This isn't a natural cycle.
This is a phenomenon directly attributed to climate change, - Chasing Coral 00:10
This is a phenomenon directly attributed to climate change,
[Marshall] One of the ways of looking back in time with a reef - Chasing Coral 00:08
[Marshall] One of the ways of looking back in time with a r...
You can look at growth rings in corals - Chasing Coral 00:06
You can look at growth rings in corals
This coral grows at around - Chasing Coral 00:13
This coral grows at around
[Marshall] By tracking back in time, by looking at the history of the reef, - Chasing Coral 00:09
[Marshall] By tracking back in time, by looking at the hist...
The cause is, unequivocally, global climate change, - Chasing Coral 00:08
The cause is, unequivocally, global climate change,
[Hoegh-Guldberg] I think a lot of people don't realize climate change is happening - Chasing Coral 00:11
[Hoegh-Guldberg] I think a lot of people don't realize...
When you burn fossil fuel... that's burning oil, gas or coal... - Chasing Coral 00:06
When you burn fossil fuel... that's burning oil, gas or...
Carbon dioxide has the property that it's able to trap heat. - Chasing Coral 00:06
Carbon dioxide has the property that it's able to trap ...
So, the more you have in the atmosphere, - Chasing Coral 00:08
So, the more you have in the atmosphere,
What people don't know is that 93% - Chasing Coral 00:08
What people don't know is that 93%
If the oceans weren't doing this job of absorbing the heat, - Chasing Coral 00:10
If the oceans weren't doing this job of absorbing the h...
There are rates of change going on in tropical oceans, - Chasing Coral 00:07
There are rates of change going on in tropical oceans,
It means that coral reefs are a likely casualty - Chasing Coral 00:08
It means that coral reefs are a likely casualty
At that point in time, people weren't quite ready for that, - Chasing Coral 00:10
At that point in time, people weren't quite ready for t...
[Marshall] He was ridiculed for this, for being an alarmist. - Chasing Coral 00:05
[Marshall] He was ridiculed for this, for being an alarmist...
But over time he's been proved right, time and time again. - Chasing Coral 00:07
But over time he's been proved right, time and time aga...
That's why I came here when I was 18 to this island - Chasing Coral 00:06
That's why I came here when I was 18 to this island
It wasn't because I thought it was gonna disappear - Chasing Coral 00:08
It wasn't because I thought it was gonna disappear