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A Sea Change

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Producer(s)	Barbara Ettinger, Sven Huseby, Susan Cohn Rockefeller
Director(s)	Barbara Ettinger
Release Date	2009
Work In Progress	No
Runtime	85 min min
Format(s)	none
Language(s)	English
Youth Media	No

Film Description

Grades 9-12, College, Adult
This first film about ocean acidification documents how the pH balance of the oceans has changed dramatically since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution: a 30% increase in acidification. With near unanimity, scientists now agree that the burning of fossil fuels is fundamentally reshaping ocean chemistry. Experts predict that over the next century, steady increases in carbon dioxide emissions and the continued rise in the acidity of the oceans will cause most of the world’s fisheries to experience a total bottom-up collapse— a state that could last for millions of years. A Sea Change broadens the discussion about the dramatic changes we are seeing in the chemistry of the oceans, and conveys the urgent threat those changes pose to our survival, while surveying the steps we can take to reduce the severity of climate change.

The film’s protagonist Sven Huseby asks how will he explain to his oldest grandchild, Elias, what is happening to the oceans and their ecosystems? A Sea Change is both a personal journey and a scientifically rigorous, sometimes humorous, unflinchingly honest look at reality. It offers positive examples of new technologies and effective changes in human behavior that we all must choose before the oceans are lost.

Grades 9-12, college, adult

SPECIAL FEATURES: SDH Captions for the deaf and hard-of-hearing, and scene selection.

SUBJECT AREAS: Oceanography, Marine Biology, Climate Change, Chemistry, Food, Global Warming, Geology, Ecology, Geography, Life Science, Fisheries, Anthropology, Globalization

PUBLIC PERFORMANCE RIGHTS: Purchase $295, Rental $95

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Last Updated On:	October 06, 2009