Fish Go to the Disco to Save the Coral Reefs
31 minutes ago Charles Rotter 3 Comments
Charles Rotter
PBS News Hour ran a segment Monday night as part of its “Tipping Point” series. The story, filed by special correspondent Ben Tracy with Climate Central, is about how the world is going to save coral reefs from climate change.
Brace yourselves. The answer is an Italian artist with a wet suit and some speakers.
Marco Barotti, a sound artist from Italy, is currently in Jamaica installing solar-powered underwater boom boxes on the reef. The speakers, embedded in 3D sculptures based on scans of actual coral, will play recordings of healthy reef sounds for fourteen hours a day. Marine life, the theory goes, will hear the party and come check it out. PBS’s correspondent, narrating his own descent in scuba gear, explains the concept like this:
“It’s kind of like hearing the sounds of a really great party. Makes you want to go check it out.”
The reefs are saved. You may all go home.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/05/13/fish-go-to-the-disco-to-save-the-coral-reefs/
