Chasing Coral

Chasing Coral

7.7IMDb Score
Released:2017-03-16
Genre:Documentary
Duration:93 min
Country:United States of America
Director:Jeff Orlowski
Actors:Andrew Ackerman, Pim Bongaerts, Neal Cantin, Phil Dustan, Ruth Gates
Production:Sustainable Films, Exposure Labs, Argent Pictures, Code Blue Foundation, EarthSense Foundation, Kendeda Fund, The, Doc Society

Overview:

Coral reefs are the nursery for all life in the oceans, a remarkable ecosystem that sustains us. Yet with carbon emissions warming the seas, a phenomenon called "coral bleaching" -- a sign of mass coral death -- has been accelerating around the world, and the public has no idea of the scale or implication of the catastrophe silently raging underwater.

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