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I discovered that one of
the most important crew members on this spaceship Earth were actually marine plants. Per acre, these coastal plants can store up to 20 times more carbon
than forests on land. In fact, 93% of all the world's CO2
is stored in the ocean with the help of marine vegetation,
algae, and coral. And losing just 1% of this ecosystem was equivalent to releasing
the emissions of 97 million cars. By, uh, continued extraction
of fish out of our oceans, you're essentially deforesting our oceans by not only removing the fish, but the act of removal, the methods of removal
are devastating to habitat, to ecosystems
the most important crew members on this spaceship Earth were actually marine plants. Per acre, these coastal plants can store up to 20 times more carbon
than forests on land. In fact, 93% of all the world's CO2
is stored in the ocean with the help of marine vegetation,
algae, and coral. And losing just 1% of this ecosystem was equivalent to releasing
the emissions of 97 million cars. By, uh, continued extraction
of fish out of our oceans, you're essentially deforesting our oceans by not only removing the fish, but the act of removal, the methods of removal
are devastating to habitat, to ecosystems
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I discovered that one of
the most important crew members
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on this spaceship Earth
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were actually marine plants.
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Per acre, these coastal plants can store
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up to 20 times more carbon
than forests on land.
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In fact, 93% of all the world's CO2
is stored in the ocean
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with the help of marine vegetation,
algae, and coral.
00:00:21.437 --> 00:00:24.023
And losing just 1% of this ecosystem
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was equivalent to releasing
the emissions of 97 million cars.
00:00:28.861 --> 00:00:32.406
By, uh, continued extraction
of fish out of our oceans,
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you're essentially deforesting our oceans
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by not only removing the fish,
00:00:36.661 --> 00:00:38.999
but the act of removal,
00:00:38.012 --> 00:00:41.916
the methods of removal
are devastating to habitat, to ecosystems.
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Movie Summary
Passionate about ocean life, a filmmaker sets out to document the harm that humans do to marine species - and uncovers alarming global corruption.
