Chasing Coral - Netflix Documentary

[mcpowell]

Okay, please don't take this question as apathetic, or oversimplified, as it is a genuine question.

Assuming the ocean continues to warm, as it appears it will, would the coral life not just shift to more temperate waters?

I realize the tragedy which is happening, but life has a great ability to adapt.

 

[Dan]

Just watched this movie. Very inspiring and bring insight to many things. I one day wish to visit the Great Barrier Reef although it won't be for many more years but hopefully it is still there when I get the chance.

Also I believe global warming is just a bad name for the situation and leads to a lot of the misbelief. Warming and cooling of the earth is a normal thing but not at the rate of which humans are contributing to it.

I was there last November liveaboard diving in Code Hole with Mike Ball's Spoil Sport from Cairns. Coral bleaching looked bad. Forget about going there. If you want to spend the money & go that far, might as well go to Raja Ampat where the coral still look healthy.

 

[Nick Steele]

I was there last November liveaboard diving in Code Hole with Mike Ball's Spoil Sport from Cairns. Coral bleaching looked bad. Forget about going there. If you want to spend the money & go that far, might as well go to Raja Ampat where the coral still look healthy.

The GBR has been on mine and my future wife's bucket list. While I'll have dive vacations to other locations the GBR would be a snorkel trip because she doesn't dive.

Thanks for the information though I appreciate it!

 

[Joelage]

I also just watched it the other day. I did learn new things about how coral are "Alive" (I knew this, but didn't know to what extent and it's symbiosis).

It was so sad to understand why the coral went "florescent".

Having seen the other documentary regarding the melting glaciers (Chasing Ice) - I did feel as though the lack of success of their time-lapse equipment perhaps lost the 'dramatic' feel of how the coral are dying. (You need to see Chasing Ice, as their timelapses are quite dramatic and powerful visual tools)

I think we, as divers, need to talk about these issues with our friends (non-divers).
Perhaps even make some changes in our lives, to help reduce the impact of climate change, and in turn, explain to our friends why we are making these changes (even small ones).

 

[MaxBottomtime]

I watched it twice and was underwhelmed. The focus of the film was entirely on rising surface temperatures due to burning of fossil fuels. Unfortunately there are other factors regarding the destruction of our reefs that were completely ignored. I have traveled to locations where the locals burn their trash, allowing the soot and ashes to pour downhill into the sea. Untreated sewage and plastic bags replaced jellies in the water column. Pesticides from farming leeches into the water as well.
Aside from the man made pollutants there are naturally occurring factors at play. El Nino was mentioned but glossed over in the film. Also, the time of year they took their small samples were when the surface water would be at its warmest anyway. The fact that they ended the film showing a completely healthy reef nearby would indicate that whatever is killing the coral is not evenly spread and should not be referred to as global warming.
Cutting greenhouse gas emissions would help the planet, but there are so many other factors causing the problem that it bothers me to see such a narrow view the media wishes us to believe.

 

[Jayfarmlaw]

i just watched the documentary "Chasing Coral" on Netflix about the global bleaching of coral. Great film and lots of information. Posted here because if your on this site, the reefs around Cozumel are probably important to you. I consider Cozumel my second home.

One of the most amazing things was the complete lack of aquatic life once the reef had died. One reef went from a typical "pretty fishes" tropical reef to a barren underwater wasteland of skeletonized coral.

Whether you believe in Global warming or not, the dive footage itself was prettty amazing.

Chasing Coral – An Exposure Labs Production

Enjoy,
Jay

 

[MaxBottomtime]

Chasing Coral - Netflix Documentary
Already a thread about the documentary.

 

[Jayfarmlaw]

Just watched it. Thought provoking to say the least.

 

[CajunDiva]

Definitely worth repeating - it should be required viewing

 

[tilikum]

Too depressing to watch, I know how it ends.