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Artificial reefs to protect the ocean floor

For years now, people have been dumping concrete blocks and all sorts of man-made structures into the ocean. Their goal? Creating new reefs and encouraging marine life. 🐠

03/28/2019 11:53 AM
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123 comments

  • Kandice A.
    02/17/2020 18:49

    I was told you could have your cremains mixed with the special cement, they then put a small brass plaqette on it and drop it to the ocean floor. I love that idea!!!!

  • Aarti B.
    02/01/2020 09:50

    Amazing idea !

  • Ravan D.
    02/01/2020 05:52

    Coral bits even grow at several orders of magnitude faster when they’ve been broken off a parent plant and fastened somewhere new. It takes a lot of the wait time out of growing new reefs because you can plant 50 pieces of a single coral at various locations rather than 50 separate individual new corals that’ll take decades to get anywhere.

  • Itay H.
    01/31/2020 19:29

    what a stupid intervention

  • Tony M.
    01/31/2020 18:12

    Isnt concrete somewhat toxic to sea life?

  • Frances S.
    01/31/2020 17:34

    I think this a wonderful idea!

  • Lilla W.
    01/31/2020 16:14

    It won't work. You need to grow natural one.

  • James B.
    07/03/2019 10:53

    A wonderful thought, but its man's manipulation of nature that causes so much damage to this planet and its other inhabitants. How can further manipulation be justified? What harm will harm will come of this in the future. The road to Hell is paved with good intentions, I believe, is what they say...

  • YS C.
    06/21/2019 07:27

    oh my .

  • Edith S.
    06/21/2019 06:22

    👏👏

  • Elizabeth E.
    06/20/2019 13:40

    good!

  • Margarethe E.
    06/19/2019 23:50

    Congratulations !

  • Faith S.
    06/19/2019 17:12

    this came up in “recommended for me” woo! 🧜‍♀️

  • Donna R.
    06/17/2019 05:28

    what about the concrete containers with nuclear waste in them?

  • Isabel C.
    06/17/2019 01:30

    😍

  • Cheryl D.
    06/16/2019 15:48

    Thank you to all the people involved.

  • Jessa S.
    06/16/2019 02:17

    Joanna Zitro

  • Joel F.
    06/15/2019 21:32

    detta är rätt otroligt ändå 😮

  • Paul L.
    06/15/2019 18:51

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  • Kevin J.
    06/15/2019 03:48

    Remind me please - what is causing sea levels to rise along with land reclamation?