Two animated brains move over a line maze. Two chomping halves of an animated pink brain join together. Text on banners over the brain reads, “Hungry Brain!”

[Upbeat music plays]

A voice says, HUNGRY BRAIN!

In an animation, a red-haired pirate stands on a ship. In front of her, a parrot perches on the ship's wheel.

[Water splashing, gentle music plays]

The pirate says, SON OF A SCURVY SEADOG. ACCORDING TO ME CHARTS, OUR CHEST OF BOOTY SHOULD BE ON AN ISLAND RIGHT HERE. DISAPPEARED, IT BE. I'LL BE BETTIN' IT'S BECAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

[Parrot squawking]

The parrot says, PIRATE MANGE?

[Pirate sighing, upbeat music plays]

The pirate says, NO, CLIMATE CHANGE. STRANGE THINGS BE HAPPENING ON THIS HERE PLANET. I BE LOSING ME BEARINGS.

Episode title: Top on signs of climate change and how it's impacting the ocean.

[Whooshing]

A narrator says, HERE'S THE TOP ON SIGNS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, AND HOW IT'S IMPACTING THE OCEANS.

The pirate says, LET'S HAVE A LOOK-SEE AT WHAT PLACES BE GETTING THEIR BARNACLES BUSTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE.

The number three appears on a lifebuoy beside a tall ship.

The narrator says, NUMBER THREE, THE DISAPPEARANCE OF CORAL REEFS.

A painting shows a coral reef.

[Water bubbling]

The narrator says, REEFS ARE HOME TO 30 PERCENT OF MARINE, ANIMAL, AND PLANT SPECIES.

A plate, fork, spoon, and shield appear beside a painting of fish swimming beside a coral reef. Beside another painting of a coral reef, the temperature rises in a thermometer.

[Whooshing, slide whistle]

The narrator says, THEY DOUBLE AS A FOOD SOURCE AND PLACE OF PROTECTION FROM PREDATORS. WARMING SEA TEMPERATURES CAUSES THE SEPARATION OF CORAL AND A MICROALGAE CALLED ZOOXANTHELLAE. WITHOUT THIS ALGAE TO FEED ON, THE CORAL BECOMES VERY VULNERABLE AND DIES UNLESS THE TEMPERATURE DROPS WITHIN A FEW WEEKS.

The temperature drops in the thermometer.

[Whooshing, slide whistle]

The pirate says, AVAST, ME HEARTIES. THE PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA HAS BELAYED 500 MILLION DOLLARS OF BOOTY FROM ITS NATIONAL TREASURY TO MAKE THE GREAT BARRIER REEF SHIP-SHAPE AGAIN.

[Water sloshes, upbeat music plays]

The pirate says, ALL IS NOT LOST, ME BUCKOS.

The number two appears on a lifebuoy beside a tall ship.

[Dinging, waves gushing]

A second narrator says, NUMBER TWO, RISING SEA LEVELS.

In an animation, a line shows where the sea level is estimated to be in 2100. A glacier and red lines in the ocean pulse.

[Whooshing, pulsing]

The second narrator says SOME SCIENTISTS SAY THAT SEA LEVELS COULD RISE BY BETWEEN ONE AND THREE METRES BY THE YEAR 2100, CAUSED BY MELTING CONTINENTAL GLACIERS AND THERMAL EXPANSION OF THE OCEANS. EXPERTS ESTIMATE THAT IF ALL THE ICE IN ANTARCTICA AND GREENLAND MELTED, THE OCEAN LEVEL WOULD RISE BY 70 METRES.

In the animation, the pirate says, SHIVER ME TIMBERS, WE'D BE SURROUNDED BY DRIFTING ICEBERGS. WE'RE GONNA RUN AGROUND!

[Parrot squawking, water splashing]

The parrot says, ABANDON SHIP!

The number one appears on a lifebuoy beside a tall ship.

[Dinging, water splashing]

The first announcer says, NUMBER ONE, MIGRATION TO THE POLES. PHYTOPLANKTON IS AN ALGAE THAT PRODUCES 50 PERCENT OF THE PLANET'S OXYGEN AND IS THE BASIS OF THE ENTIRE OCEAN ECOSYSTEM. IT'S MIGRATING TOWARDS THE COOLER WATERS OF THE POLES BECAUSE THE WATER'S TOO WARM.

Circles on a map show the north and south poles. Arrows point to each pole, and question marks appear.

[Slide whistles, whooshing]

The first announcer says, THIS LEADS TO A MIGRATION OF HUGE NUMBERS OF SPECIES THAT DEPEND ON THE PLANKTON FOR THEIR SURVIVAL. IT'S A RAPID UPHEAVAL OF THE ENTIRE MARINE FOOD CHAIN, AND CONSEQUENCES ARE DIFFICULT TO PREDICT.

In the animation, the parrot says, CAP'N, WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING, BUT WHAT?

[Water splashing]

The pirate says, YARR MATEY, THE SUN MAY BE PAST THE YARDARM, BUT THERE'S STILL TIME. WE CAN BE STARTING BY TURNING OFF THE ENGINES AND HAULING UP THE SAILS; YOU SAVVY?

[Upbeat music plays]

End Credits. Narration: Helen Moorhouse. Iain O’Connor. Writer: Sébastien Guindon. Trio Orange. Member of the Association Quebécoise de la Production Mediatique. Copyright 2019. Logo: AQPM.