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Run time:
85 min.
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Norway, USA
Imagine a world without fish. It’s a frightening premise, and it’s
happening right now. A Sea Change follows the journey of retired
history teacher Sven Huseby on his quest to discover what is happening
to the world’s oceans. After reading Elizabeth Kolbert’s “The
Darkening Sea,” Sven becomes obsessed with the rising acidity of the
oceans and what this “sea change” bodes for mankind. His quest takes
him to Alaska, California, Washington, and Norway as he uncovers a
worldwide crisis that most people are unaware of. Speaking with
oceanographers, marine biologists, climatologists, and artists, Sven
discovers that global warming is only half the story of the
environmental catastrophe that awaits us. Excess carbon dioxide is
dissolving in our oceans, changing sea water chemistry. The more
acidic water makes it difficult for tiny creatures at the bottom of
the food web to form their shells. The effects could work their way up
to the fish 1 billion people depend upon for their source of protein.
A Sea Change is also a touching portrait of Sven’s relationship with
his grandchild Elias. As Sven keeps a correspondence with the little
boy, he mulls over the world that he is leaving for future
generations. A disturbing and essential companion piece to An
Inconvenient Truth, A Sea Change brings home the indisputable fact
that our lifestyle is changing the earth, despite our rhetoric or
wishful thinking.
A Sea Change is the first documentary about ocean acidification. Chock
full of scientific information, the feature-length film is also a
beautiful paen to the ocean world and an intimate story of a Norwegian-
American family whose heritage is bound up with the sea.
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