On the Caribbean seafloor, an unusual sculpture gallery is taking shape with an equally unusual purpose: to provide homes for corals under threat from tourism and climate change. — AFP picCOLOMBIA, June 6 — On the Caribbean seafloor, an unusual sculpture gallery is taking shape with an equally unusual purpose: to provide homes for corals under threat from tourism and climate change.
These events cause corals to die off, affecting the ecosystems that rely on them as well as tourism and food security.Colombia’s corals are spread over a zone equivalent to 100,000 football fields, but more than two-thirds have already suffered from bleaching, according to the environment ministry.Divers swim next to a sculpture at the Muszif underwater museum in Isla Fuerte. — AFP pic