Save the reefs
Since the beginning of 2023, mass bleaching of coral reefs has been occurring in over 50 areas around the world. Due to the high temperatures in the World's Oceans the corals expel single-celled algae that they need to survive. Since 15 April 2024, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the International Coral Reef Initiative have been talking about the fourth global coral bleaching. It is already the second event in a decade.
Recently, in Cascais and Sines, Portugal, corals of the species Dendrophyllia Ramea have been observed incorporating fishing nets and wires into their structures, a phenomenon unprecedented globally. These corals, orange and white in tone, inhabit the cold waters of the Portuguese coastline, and can reach up to one meter in length, found from depths of 30 meters onwards. About 6% of the corals studied showed evidence of incorporating fishing nets and wires.
The consequences of this phenomenon are currently unknown, and the research was recently published in the scientific journal Marine Pollution Bulletin by the involved researchers.
🎨 For me, it was necessary to bring the problem to life and raise awareness through dynamic images and natural environments that were as real as possible. Imagining reefs as if they could talk, the planet talking to us, is exciting.
Although this is only the starting point for some projects, using Adobe Firefly software makes this possible and can significantly reduce the time spent selecting and testing images.
What used to take hours or be impossible at all can now be done in a fraction of the time!⚡
Recently, in Cascais and Sines, Portugal, corals of the species Dendrophyllia Ramea have been observed incorporating fishing nets and wires into their structures, a phenomenon unprecedented globally. These corals, orange and white in tone, inhabit the cold waters of the Portuguese coastline, and can reach up to one meter in length, found from depths of 30 meters onwards. About 6% of the corals studied showed evidence of incorporating fishing nets and wires.
The consequences of this phenomenon are currently unknown, and the research was recently published in the scientific journal Marine Pollution Bulletin by the involved researchers.
🎨 For me, it was necessary to bring the problem to life and raise awareness through dynamic images and natural environments that were as real as possible. Imagining reefs as if they could talk, the planet talking to us, is exciting.
Although this is only the starting point for some projects, using Adobe Firefly software makes this possible and can significantly reduce the time spent selecting and testing images.
What used to take hours or be impossible at all can now be done in a fraction of the time!⚡
