In the span of three and a half years, a group of passionate divers, photographers, and scientists, such as Ruth Gates, team up together to document the largest coral bleaching events on earth. The strong images and clips in this film are vital for us to see, especially since we, as humans, do not observe the kind of damage we are causing to ecosystems and other life daily. It must be reinforced how our human actions are impacting the planet earth and the coral reef ecosystems on it, so that a radical change can be made. The Netflix Original documentary "Chasing Coral" is about the 7 revolution topic of resource management, but can relate to the other 6 revolution topics in some way, since coral reefs largely impact earth. Current resource management is poor because humans are recklessly harming the environment and we will soon feel the negative effects. Despite this film being over 4 years old, this documentary is extremely relevant now with all the damaging impacts of climate change we are already facing, as well as this film can greatly teach others the importance of taking care of our planet before it is too late. Through the film we see the time go through the struggles of filming and documenting their data, as well as presenting it to the public, and educating our future generations about it. This movie connects to the resource revolution, since corals are a vital natural resource and their very existence is being threatened due to the oceanic warming. The coral reefs are extremely sensitive to even the slightest temperature changes. Since global warming is happening, coral bleaching is also occurring. Coral bleaching means that coral are dying because of this oceanic warming, causing a rare event to take place in New Caledonia that has never been witnessed before, but you will have the documentary to find out about this phenomenon. Climate change is a large part of the destruction of coral reefs, such as the Great Barrier Reef. This is heavily triggered by human activities, resulting in consequences like increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which is mostly absorbed by the ocean, also causing ocean acidification. Consequences of human actions, such as atmospheric warming, are contributing to dismantling of vital oceanic ecosystems, like the coral reefs. These ecosystems house and support much of ocean life, which in turn impacts life on land too, so protecting these resources are extremely important. This documentary was extremely informative and I would definitely recommend watching the film because it is easy to get so caught up in our personal lives and not realize the kind of impacts we are having on the planet. It is extremely emotional to see the damage we have done and see the footage of dead bleached coral that the team captured, but it is important to witness and know that there is still hope if we all work together to stop further damage being done on these ecosystems. We must take action now.
Review of Chasing Coral
