| [00:00.300] | During big spring tides, seawater simply bubbles up through the ground. |
| [00:04.904] | In 2006, the islanders experienced their highest tides ever. |
| [00:10.546] | These islands could soon become uninhabitable. |
| [00:14.353] | The seawater is poisoning the soil and groundwater. |
| [00:17.475] | Eventually, the islands may have to be evacuated. |
| [00:20.041] | This would be an unprecedented move, an entire nation relocated. |
| [00:24.661] | So the ocean is threatening its islands, thanks to global warming. |
| [00:29.219] | And yet, the Pacific is playing a massive part in slowing down climate change. |
| [00:35.537] | The world's oceans have absorbed about half of all the carbon dioxide released so far into the atmosphere by industry, |
| [00:42.537] | significantly reducing the greenhouse effect. |
| [00:46.481] | But there's a catch. |
| [00:48.483] | For the fish, all that extra carbon dioxide in the water can have some，unwanted side effects. |
| [00:53.776] | All life in the Pacific is dependent on the tiniest of creatures, the plankton that floats freely in the currents. |
| [01:01.523] | One of the most plentiful is the sea butterfly, a tiny marine snail, which uses its enlarged foot to fly through，the water. |
| [00:00.300] | During big spring tides, seawater simply bubbles up through the ground. |
| [00:04.904] | In 2006, the islanders experienced their highest tides ever. |
| [00:10.546] | These islands could soon become uninhabitable. |
| [00:14.353] | The seawater is poisoning the soil and groundwater. |
| [00:17.475] | Eventually, the islands may have to be evacuated. |
| [00:20.041] | This would be an unprecedented move, an entire nation relocated. |
| [00:24.661] | So the ocean is threatening its islands, thanks to global warming. |
| [00:29.219] | And yet, the Pacific is playing a massive part in slowing down climate change. |
| [00:35.537] | The world' s oceans have absorbed about half of all the carbon dioxide released so far into the atmosphere by industry, |
| [00:42.537] | significantly reducing the greenhouse effect. |
| [00:46.481] | But there' s a catch. |
| [00:48.483] | For the fish, all that extra carbon dioxide in the water can have some, unwanted side effects. |
| [00:53.776] | All life in the Pacific is dependent on the tiniest of creatures, the plankton that floats freely in the currents. |
| [01:01.523] | One of the most plentiful is the sea butterfly, a tiny marine snail, which uses its enlarged foot to fly through, the water. |
| [00:00.300] | During big spring tides, seawater simply bubbles up through the ground. |
| [00:04.904] | In 2006, the islanders experienced their highest tides ever. |
| [00:10.546] | These islands could soon become uninhabitable. |
| [00:14.353] | The seawater is poisoning the soil and groundwater. |
| [00:17.475] | Eventually, the islands may have to be evacuated. |
| [00:20.041] | This would be an unprecedented move, an entire nation relocated. |
| [00:24.661] | So the ocean is threatening its islands, thanks to global warming. |
| [00:29.219] | And yet, the Pacific is playing a massive part in slowing down climate change. |
| [00:35.537] | The world' s oceans have absorbed about half of all the carbon dioxide released so far into the atmosphere by industry, |
| [00:42.537] | significantly reducing the greenhouse effect. |
| [00:46.481] | But there' s a catch. |
| [00:48.483] | For the fish, all that extra carbon dioxide in the water can have some, unwanted side effects. |
| [00:53.776] | All life in the Pacific is dependent on the tiniest of creatures, the plankton that floats freely in the currents. |
| [01:01.523] | One of the most plentiful is the sea butterfly, a tiny marine snail, which uses its enlarged foot to fly through, the water. |
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