To celebrate the Minecraft Aquatic Update, Microsoft has been working with several partners to help the real-world oceans, through Coral Crafters – their project to help coral reefs.
Microsoft has teamed up with Rabahrex, Logdotzip, and Stacyplays, who worked with their fans to design unique structures that help restore coral reefs in our oceans. So how does this help the real oceans? Well, with the Aquatic Update, Xbox is filling Minecraft’s oceans to the brim with kelp forest, shipwrecks, deep sea trenches, fish, turtles, dolphins and colourful coral reefs. In the real world, however, it’s the opposite: climate change, destructive fishing methods and pollution of the water are killing off our planet’s amazing marine life. Coral reefs, one of the Earth’s most precious natural wonders, are under threat.
Coral reefs are home to some two million species – roughly a quarter of all marine life. We’re only just unlocking the secrets of these amazing organisms, and yet the World Wildlife Fund estimates that nearly a third of coral reefs worldwide are already damaged beyond repair. If trends continue, we will soon lose 60% of the world’s coral in the next few decades. Which is why we asked for your help – both with voting for the structures we’re placing underwater, buying this Aquatic Skin pack with proceeds going to The Nature Conservancy, and our recent coral-placing challenge!
Microsoft is proud to say that just a few days later Minecrafters smashed that target Microsoft donated one hundred thousand dollars to The Nature Conservancy.
You can read more about the amazing work they do to help the oceans here.
For more information, please visit the Xbox Wire.
