鑽石舞台

Coral reefs are under threat due to climate change.

由於氣候變化，珊瑚礁正受到威脅。

So these artists are using yarn to raise awareness.

因此，這些藝術家正使用紗線藝術品來提高人們的氣候意識。

The crochet coral reef project is a traveling art exhibition.

鈎針珊瑚礁項目是一場巡迴藝術展。

That recreates the beauty of the ocean's coral reefs--

重現了海洋珊瑚礁的美麗——

Using one of the world's oldest handicrafts:

使用的是世界上最古老的手工藝品之一：

Crochet.

鈎針編織。

All of this looped yarn strives to bring awareness to how the invaluable coral reefs are disappearing.

所有這些毛圈線都是為了讓人們意識到寶貴的珊瑚礁是如何消失的。

Tens of thousands of people lent their crochet talents to create this one-of-a-kind art project.

成千上萬的人用他們的鈎針才能創造了這個獨一無二的藝術項目。

"When we started the project in 2005 and we put out a little call on our website--

「當我們在2005年開始這個項目時，我們在網站上發布了一個小號召——

Inviting people to participate with us.

邀請人們和我們一起參與。

I think we thought maybe 20, 30, 40 people would ultimately join us in this strange fusion of mathematics and science and art and craft.

我想我們原以為最終會有20、30、40個人加入到這個數學、科學、藝術和工藝奇妙融合的項目中。

And today it's over 20,000 people.

而今天，人數超過了兩萬。

And I think we would never have conceived that."

我認為我們絕對沒有想到。」

A study supported by the United Nations says:

聯合國資助的一項研究稱：

14 of the world's coral reefs were lost between 2008 and 2018.

2008年至2018年間，世界上有14個珊瑚礁消失了。

That's enough coral to equal an area two and a half times the size of the Grand Canyon National Park.

這些珊瑚的面積相當於大峽谷國家公園面積的2.5倍。

Just like the ocean, artists and sisters Margaret and Christine Wartime say the crochet coral reef project is ever evolving.

就像海洋一樣，藝術家瑪格麗特和克里斯汀姐妹說，鈎針編織珊瑚礁項目一直在發展。

They hope it inspires people to take action against climate change.

她們希望這能激勵人們採取行動應對氣候變化。

So their crochet reef isn't the only coral reef humans get to see.

這樣，鈎針編織的珊瑚礁並不是人類看到的唯一珊瑚礁。