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a sea change documentary review
Submitted by Dax on Mon, 2010-02-08 10:39
A Sea Change is a gentle documentary, in contrast to some of the documentaries which give you nightmares for months afterwards like Earthlings. This documentary looks at the topic of ocean acidification which is something most people are not aware of. We are aware that the oceans absorb carbon dioxide, in fact scientists have been looking for ways to make the oceans absorb more carbon dioxide in an attempt to reduce climate change. However, as the level of carbon dioxide in the ocean increases, so does the acidity of the ocean. The change so far has been very slight and mostly in colder areas but the implications are huge. The documentary features 65 year old Sven Huseby who reads an article about ocean acidification and is horrified by the implications. He decides to investigate further and the documentary follows his travels as he meets with experts and attends conferences in various parts of the world. As he learns more, he writes what he finds out in a letter to his grandson which he intends to give to him when he is old enough to understand. What this means is that the message is very simple and easy to understand. He doesn't get into complicated science, but using simple illustrations he gets the message across. This screening was organised by a group called While You Were Sleeping: http://whileyouweresleeping.wordpress.com/ This is another interesting website on ocean acidification: http://oceanacidification.wordpress.com/ [More articles by Dax available at Relax With Dax]
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