In the past 70 years, #coral cover in the iconic Florida Keys, has dropped from 50 percent to five percent and is predicted to fall even lower thanks to a brand-new villain known as "stony coral tissue loss disease." This waterborne blight first appeared in 2014, and can turn hundred-year-old-corals to mush in a matter of weeks. Over the summer, #OceanX took scientists from Mote Marine Lab, @Scripps Oceanography and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on an end-to-end survey of the Florida Reef Tract, in hopes of identifying the bacteria causing the corals to get sick and hopefully identify a cure. #oceanx
In partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies Vibrant Oceans Initiative and the Moore Charitable Foundation. #onebigwave
Executive Producers: Mark Dalio, Jonathan Schienberg
Producer and Director: Justin Silverman
Underwater Director of Photography: Luis Lamar
Additional Underwater Camera Operators: Steve Hudson, Bubby Pavlo
Topside Director of Photography and Drone Operator: Alexander Mandiola
Post Supervisor: Gabe Tanenhaus
Editors: Ryan Bell, Patrick Hopkins
Social Producer: Erika Jarvis
Audio: Alexander Mandiola
2nd Camera Operator: Patrick Hopkins
Science Consultant: Mattie Rodrigue
Color Correction: Running Man Post
Audio Mix: Max Sound Recording