Coral reefs are vital to ocean life and ecosystems. They provide shelter and food for millions of marine species, help maintain biodiversity, and protect coastlines from erosion. They also support local economies, tourism, and fisheries.
Due to several factors, such as pollution and destructive fishing practices, coral reefs are dying right before our eyes. Or rather, out of our sight. Samsung has been trying to do its part to bring attention to this issue for some time now. Now, it has released a breathtaking 18-minute video called Coral in Focus (coral in the center attention).
As Seatrees co-founder and CEO Michael Stewart says in the video: "If people can't see it, then how can you ask them to save it?" This is one of the main obstacles to coral reef restoration. Coral reef die-off is a problem for marine life and humans alike, but because these problems are hidden in the ocean and hard to see, they are also easy to overlook.
Samsung is working with Seatrees and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography to help local communities in Fiji and other areas restore coral reefs. Using mobile camera technology, the Korean giant is helping with this effort by making it easier to capture images and collect data without expensive, specialized equipment.
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Coral reef restorers use special underwater mode on phone Galaxy S24 Ultra, which allows them to take stereoscopic photographs of coral reefs and create 3D maps from them. This cThe clever mode, which Samsung briefly describes in the video, has been made available to coral reef researchers in Fiji, Indonesia (Bali), and the US (Calle Florida).
Researchers can use photos and 3D maps to analyze coral survival and growth rates, bleaching impacts, and more factory. Samsung makes this process easy with your phone Galaxy S24 Ultra and the aforementioned special regime, which is being used by more and more coral reef restoration projects.
