Eakin, CM; Hoegh-Guldberg, O

Chasing Coral: A wonderfully told story and a new opportunity for conservation outreach

2017

Reef Encounter

32

1

49-50

"Chasing Coral, a new documentary film, begins following Richard Vevers, a former London advertising executive, whose passion for the ocean and expertise as an underwater photographer and communication specialist lead him to pursue a new goal communicating the plight of the ocean and marine ecosystems to a broad audience. Coincidentally, Richard begins this adventure and his newly founded XL Catlin Seaview Survey just before the Third Global Coral Bleaching Event began to unfold (see article elsewhere in this issue). After documenting bleaching on a particularly hard hit reef, he saw the film Chasing Ice on a plane and a light bulb went off. The loss of corals was an unfortunately fitting undersea parallel to the loss of ice in Greenland. Working with the director of Chasing Ice, Jeff Orlowski, the filming of Chasing Coral began and the team began the pursuit to document coral bleaching as it happened around the world, using timelapse videography. "

FY2017; CRCP Project ID: 915; Project Title: Coral Reef Watch: Satellite and Model-Based Products for Coral Reef Ecosystem Managers; Principal Investigator: Mark Eakin