Chasing Corals

 Chasing Corals, a documentary about the world's coral reefs, was a very interesting documentary and very informative movie. The movie follows a group of researchers who travel the world to study the worlds corals reefs and their rapid change with different climates. This movie had really interested me because I have always loved the world and especially the oceans of the world. 

One specific part of this movie that has stuck with me is the scene about how the corals are able to adapt within climate changes. The corals had changed to a florescent color due to the change in heat in the water. This had amazed me because of how complex corals really are. Although this is very sad because they were dying it was still amazing to see the ocean come to life. I had always believed that corals are just rocks that fish made homes in but they more much more amazing than that. This showed me how crazy the ocean really is. 

After watching the film it showed me how bad the shape of the ocean is. I have always known about climate change and how the world is in a rough shape from what it has been previously times but this movie informed me more on the subject. At the end of the documentary there was a stat that said within thirty years there could be a complete eradication of the entire ecosystem. This is scary to hear that it could happen in my lifetime if there is not change.

Before watching this I had no interest in coral reefs or the life within the ocean because I had always thought that it wasn't going to directly effect me but I was clearly wrong about that. I am now more interested in the ocean and I hope there will be a solution to the problem at hand. I have learned that this is very important although it may be overlooked by many people it really does matter and more people should be concerned about it. I would like to dive deeper in this topic and learn more about it because this documentary really got to me and I enjoyed it from start to finish. 

When I am writing my summary about the reefs I feel like I should stay away from research because its a summary and not a research paper. I could go on and on with facts about Coral reefs from both the movie and different websites online but that is not the point of the summary. It could be carried away with facts and statistics rather than the objective of summarizing the movie. 

This documentary moved me. I was attracted to it from start to finish and it struck a new interest with the ocean for me. It showed me there is more to the world than what is happening around me and showed me there is more important things to worry about. 

 

Home

 I have always found it hard to call one place home. Throughout my life I have lived in several different states all up and down the east coast and now in the midwest. Although this has always been my choice I still miss my home where I grew up. I am originally from Connecticut yet I now only live there in the summer time. Since I was the age of thirteen I haven't lived at my home with my family and had to make a new home. 

I started my journey In high school. I lived at a high school in the northern part of Massachusetts. I made this decision ultimately to continue playing hockey at a higher level. This was very hard for me to do at a young age and often recall myself getting home sick and begging my parents to pick me up nearly every weekend, but as the year went on I had gotten used to it and began to enjoy it. I stayed at the school for all four of my high school years and as I look back at it, I had one hell of a time. I had no curfew, no parents to tell me what time to be home and what to do and I learned how to be an adult at an early age. 

After high school I chose to continue playing hockey rather than go to school right away. I lived in Syracuse New York my first year. This was a lot further then northern Massachusetts yet I was able to call my little apartment home and my roommates my brothers. I later moved to Charlotte North Carolina in hope I liked the team and location better and I was more than lucky enough to move into a house with people who I consider my second parents. I lived with three of my now best friends and one little brother who I still keep in contact with.

Now I am in Indiana and I often ask myself how I ended up here.
crazy how a little decision can make such a big impact on your life in such short time. If I hadn't made the choice to step away from school then I honestly can say I have no clue where I would be now. This was possibly the happiest and most proud decision I have ever made for myself and I often remind myself how truly lucky I am to be here at PNW.