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Subjects: Biology, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environment, Fisheries, Geography, Global Issues, Ocean, Renewable Energy, Science, Sustainability

Grade Level: JrH-Adult
Producer: Bullfrog Films
Closed Captioned: Yes		 Running Time: 83 mins
Country of Origin: United States
Study Guide: No
Copyright Date: 2009
Available in French: No

A Sea Change 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.

"Sounds the alarm about ocean acidification while offering hope for the future."
- Chuleenan Svetvilas, San Francisco International Film Festival Program

Awards:
  • Grand Prize, Feature Documentary, FICA International Environmental Film Festival, Goias, Brazil;
  • Best Coastal Film, Cottonwood Creek Environmental Film Festival;
  • Best Nordic Country Documentary, Polar Film Festival, Finland;
  • Green Docs Award, Kosovo International Documentary Film Festival

Screened at:
  • San Francisco International Film Festival;
  • Seattle International Film Festival;
  • Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital;
  • Blue Ocean Film Festival; Woods Hole Film Festival


Links: http://www.aseachange.net/

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