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Coral Comeback: The Acid Test

3 minutes 16 seconds

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Coral reefs are particularly sensitive to ocean acidification, which has decreased their ability to form skeletons. Ocean acidification is also causing reefs to crumble and disappear. Part of the "Coral Comeback" series.

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Runtime: 3 minutes 16 seconds

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Close up of globular coral with a striped tropical fish swimming in front. Caption: We will learn how super corals are being developed in the lab,
Coral Comeback
Episode 1
1 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Towering coral reef with swimming fish as seen from below against the ocean surface. Caption: (narrator) But the whole reef system is in incredible danger.
Coral Comeback
Episode 2
3 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Extreme closeup of the cell structure of coral showing rectangular shape in the center of textured cell material. Labeled, (algae) ZooXanthellae. Caption: Zooxanthallae live inside some of the coral's cells.
Coral Comeback
Episode 3
3 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Close up of waves on the shore. Caption: it is dramatically changing the chemistry of the ocean.
Coral Comeback
Episode 4
4 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Flat, fan shaped, leaf-like structures grow off coral while a person in scuba gear swims by. Caption: Much of their oxygen comes off the coral reef.
Coral Comeback
Episode 5
5 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Generally spherical white coral consisting of countless individual arm segments on the ocean floor. Caption: and the solution of their rescue might be within.
Coral Comeback
Episode 6
5 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Jagged shoreline with rough waves and plant life growing at the crest of the rocky peaks. Caption: ocean acidity will double by century's end
Coral Comeback
Episode 7
3 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Coral reef with a variety of marine plant and animal life. Caption: The goal is to restore the coral reef
Coral Comeback
Episode 8
2 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Gloved hand reaching into a small tank to pick up a piece of white coral being grown on a disc. Caption: that fight some of the worst infectious bacteria.
Coral Comeback
Episode 9
2 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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