🦪 #oyster#reef#Rutgers#artificialreefwww.wired.com/story/darpa-...
The US defense research agency is funding three universities to engineer reef structures that will be colonized by corals and bivalves and absorb the power of future storms.
#artificialreef In 2014, the MV Shingle was stopped by Irish authorities as it attempted to smuggle tobacco. The The 197 foot vessel has now been sunken "to create the country’s first artificial reef."
The 🚢 #oceanluner#SSUnitedStates#Florids#artificialreef#scubadivernet.com/scuba-news/s...
The enormous ocean-going liner SS United States is set to become the world's largest artificial reef, with the news that Okaloosa County is signing an
🌺 #Hawaii#Coral#artificialreef#UHManoa researchers will be installing concrete structures on the bottom of Kailua Bay near Ulupa’u Crater. The goal is to create a “living breakwater system” to prevent erosion while and provide a solid substrate for coral to grow on.
Concrete structures will be anchored to the seabed in Kailua Bay by early next year.
#artificialreef#3Dprinting I'm not sure how this can be 'similar to 3D printing'. It is, or it is not. 3D printed concrete structures already exist. "Technology company Nastrx used a method similar to 3D-printing to design the reefs particularly suited for the marine climate."
A new artificial reef using 'Cajun coral' technology will cover 10,000 square feet, made possible with help from the Raising Cane’s founder.
CoralPod in action…. Wild trials coming soon🪸🪸🐠🐠🏝️ #ecoengineering#art#science#wildlife#habitat#marinebiology#biodiversitynetgain#ecology#coral#coralreef#natureinclusivedesign#artificialreef#fish#fishbehaviour#collaboration - Artecology, Future Ocean Foundation, The Coral Centre
The USS Oriskany is the largest artificial reef in the world, known as the 'Great Carrier Reef'. #science #sciencefacts #artificialreef #greatcarrierreef