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“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe.” – John Muir
When whales were at their historic populations, before their numbers were reduced, it seems that whales might have been responsible for removing tens of millions of tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere every year. Whales change the climate. The return of the great whales, if they are allowed to recover, could be seen as a benign form of geo-engineering. It could undo some of the damage we have done, both to the living systems of the sea, and to the atmosphere.
Credits:
Narration: George Monbiot
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Producers: Chris Agnos and Dawn Agnos
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Editor and Animator: Steve Agnos
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Music Credits:
Cylinder 2 – Chris Zabriskie (bit.ly/1ya8Z4x)
Dramatic Film Strings (Cinematic Movie Soundtrack) – Ramazan Yuksel (bit.ly/1CwDMeR)
Film Credits:
The majority of footage found in this film was generously donated courtesy of Peter Schneider of underwatercam.tv. (underwatercam.tv/)
Other sources:
Humpback Whales Startle Kayakers – Discovery (bit.ly/12iSbKz)
Biggest Teahupoo Ever – leounn (bit.ly/1z6spV4)
Nature: Fellowship of the Whales – PBS (bit.ly/1pEdwJD)
Coral Reef Adventure – mobilmsm (bit.ly/1tt2PWx)
Humpback whales’ attempt to stop killer whale attack – BBC (bit.ly/1CwDvZm)
Humpback Whales – Bubble Net Feeding – BBC (bit.ly/12iSUve)
Bait Ball Feast – Nature’s Great Events – BBC (bit.ly/1tCvcR9)
Become a Direct Action Crew Member – Sea Shepard (bit.ly/12byPrS)
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James A. Estes, et al, 2011. Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth. Science, Vol 333, pp 301-306. doi: 10.1126/science.1205106
FAIR USE NOTICE: This video may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for educational purposes only. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in Title 17 U.S.C. section 106A-117 of the US Copyright Law.
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