January 10, 2020
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sarahadmin
This piece represents Staghorn Coral – Acropora cervicornis
These plastic mannequin hands are a symbol of the waste that is generated by rampant consumerism, and their arrangement here creates a moment of collective, submerged panic. Struggling against rising ocean levels, it becomes clear that nothing we
January 10, 2020
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sarahadmin
This piece represents Great Star Coral – Montastraea cavernosa
Every year, 8 million metric tons of plastics enter our ocean. Single-use plastic nanoparticles are systematically poisoning coral polyps. Waste plastic clings to coral and tears its membranes, introducing bacteria and pathogens that swiftly devastates the colony.
January 10, 2020
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This piece represents Common Brain Coral – Diploria strigosa
The 2019 “IPCC report on Global Warming of 1.5 ºC” provides terrifying scientific evidence that the world’s coral reefs simply cannot survive an ocean temperature rise of even 1.5 degrees. Half of the Great Barrier Reef has