Film Screening & Discussion: “Chasing Coral”

Coral reefs around the world are vanishing at an unprecedented rate. A team of divers, photographers and scientists set out on an ocean adventure to discover why. The film gives a scientific breakdown of the biology of coral (these complex organisms play a vital role in the marine ecosystem) and the cause of the bleaching events leading to its demise. Trapped greenhouse gases have been warming oceans more rapidly since the 1980s, and a two-degree increase is fatal for coral. The film makes the point that 93% of the rise in temperatures is absorbed by the oceans, so that while climate change deniers debate changes on the earth’s surface and atmosphere, the seas are where the most massive and incontrovertible damage is being done.

Family event; ages 8+

This is a drop-in event, hosted and facilitated by members of the Environmental Justice Team.