08 — Ecological context
Context & resources
SEAing Breath connects a breath-responsive virtual ocean with questions about Miami’s rising seas. These dated reports and research papers provide contemporary context for the historical artwork: ocean observations, coral ecology, breathing interfaces, immersive learning and XR preservation.
Sources checked 8 November 2026. The 2026 climate reports below describe observations from 2025 or earlier, not annual outcomes for 2026.
Dated reports & research
NASAPublished 29 January 2026
NASA Analysis Shows La Niña Limited Sea Level Rise in 2025 ↗Observation periods: annual sea-level change during 2025 (0.08 cm) and 2024 (0.59 cm); analysis published 29 January 2026.
WMOPublished 23 March 2026
State of the Global Climate 2025 ↗Observation period: 2025. Record ocean heat in the upper 2,000 metres; global mean sea level about 11 cm above 1993. Report published 23 March 2026.
NOAAUndated reference / live resource
NOAA NESDISPublished 2 June 2026
World’s Fourth Mass Coral Bleaching Event Likely Ended in 2025 ↗Event observations: early 2023–mid-2025. 84% of coral reef area exposed to bleaching-level heat stress, not a mortality percentage; at least 83 countries and territories. Announcement published 2 June 2026.
NOAA Ocean ServiceUndated reference / live resource
Cortez-Vázquez et al., Applied Psychophysiology and BiofeedbackPublished 18 January 2024
Pancini, Di Natale and Villani, Virtual RealityPublished 27 January 2025
Markowitz et al., Frontiers in PsychologyPublished 30 November 2018
Frontiers in PsychologyPublished 2024
Queiroz et al., SustainabilityPublished 2023
Lara Ditrich and Martin Lachmair, Environmental Education ResearchPublished 4 February 2025 (published online; 2026 journal volume)
Monique Santoso, Gustav Bøg Petersen, Jeremy N. Bailenson and Géraldine Fauville, Journal of Environmental PsychologyPublished 2026
GoogleUndated reference / live resource
KhronosPublished 29 July 2019
KhronosPublished 15 April 2024
W3CPublished 29 October 2026
WebXR Device API, Candidate Recommendation Draft ↗Candidate Recommendation Draft, 29 October 2026; not a final W3C Recommendation.
Historical context & continuing primary links
- Federal scienceClimate.gov — NOAA climate science and data
- CountyMiami-Dade County — Art in Public Places
- CountyMiami-Dade County — Sea-level rise and flooding
- RegionalSoutheast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact
- Federal educationNOAA Ocean Service — Sea level rise
- Partner institutionUniversity of Miami
- MuseumFrost Science
The county’s public record of the Sea Level Rise programme is available as a 2019 sunset review (PDF). The 2017 site also asked visitors to support the project; that call to action has ended.
Source:Miami-Dade CountySEAing Breath project archive