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Miami's Concrete Coral Project Fights Climate Change with Art

11/6/2025

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Miami is launching the Concrete Coral project to combat climate change and pollution's impact on reefs.
The initiative is led by Reefline and will create an underwater art gallery of car-shaped, marine-grade concrete sculptures.
These sculptures will host 2,200 native corals from a local lab, many surviving the 2023 bleaching event.
Miami provides a $5 million bond, part of a $40 million reef corridor plan, to fund the project.

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Story summary

Miami is launching the Concrete Coral project to combat climate change and pollution's impact on reefs.
The initiative is led by Reefline and will create an underwater art gallery of car-shaped, marine-grade concrete sculptures.
These sculptures will host 2,200 native corals from a local lab, many surviving the 2023 bleaching event.
Miami provides a $5 million bond, part of a $40 million reef corridor plan, to fund the project.