2.11.2011

Living Sea Sculpture: contemporary art as coral refuge

Help support regrowth of living coral reefs with this unique fundraising event.

WHY--
Corals are endangered. Ocean animals need homes. With low voltage direct current, pH of seawater can be raised to attract limestone minerals to adhere to a metal matrix. Since corals need calcium carbonate to build their exoskeletons, this process gives them an extra boost, a life supporting substrate to better withstand environmental stresses currently endangering, bleaching, and killing them. In the increasingly warming and acidifying ocean, Biorock sculptures supply corals with a localized alkaline environment. Soon fish and other creatures move into the new artsy neighborhoods.

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