Summaries

Explores the idea that the oceans, especially salt-marshes, sea-grasses and mangroves, can absorb more carbon than trees.

Told through the eyes of Grammy-nominated music producer, DJ and environmental toxicologist, Jayda Guy, accompanied by a score from the Wu-Tang Clan's RZA and featuring Seu Jorge, Blue Carbon is an environmental documentary that brings together music and science to uncover what could be one of our greatest weapons in the fight against climate change. Filmed in the USA, Senegal, Vietnam, France, Colombia and Brazil, the documentary explores the latest science around the relatively newly-discovered potential of coastal ecosystems to help remove carbon from our atmosphere. This "Blue Carbon" as scientists are now calling it, can be found in salt-marshes, sea-grasses and mangroves, but once again it is a race against time to protect and restore these vital ecosystems and to harness their untold power in the battle against global warming. Punctuated with stunning encounters with the natural world - such as the Florida manatee, humpback whales and the American crocodile - and uncovering the unlikely, local heroes at the heart of conservation, the film provides a much-needed ray of hope in troubling times.

Details

Keywords
  • environment
  • climate change
Genres
  • Music
  • Documentary
Release date Nov 21, 2023
Countries of origin United Kingdom
Language English
Filming locations Colombia
Production companies MAKE Waves HHMI Tangled Bank Studios

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Runtime 1h 24m
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