As life grows on the concrete, the reef becomes like a "buffet line" for little fish, which in turn attract bigger fish.

While artificial reefs have been used around the world to bolster biodiversity, their use for erosion control is new. Lake ...

Biologist Thomas C. Wilson, a PG&E employee, explained that the refuse consists of reinforced concrete tri-bars — huge things ...

The underwater drones will be hooked up to rechargeable docking stations built into the reef and will monitor water conditions, temperatures, and other changes to the marine environment, explained ...

On its final voyage south, the ship passed Palm Beach and caused a stir among locals— shots of its iconic red, white, and ...

Artificial, human-made reefs have been deployed around the country to enhance and protect coastlines. The Department of Defense is working to deploy them in waters off its coastal military bases ...

The fish population around Penang island will soon be living in "flat units and bungalows" as specially designed artificial ...

Its next life is going to be underwater as the world’s largest artificial reef. Before it’s sunk workers must strip anything non-metal off the ship and clean out contaminants like old fuel.

The experiment is an artificial reef design used in Australia. The artificial headlands act as points that slow down ocean currents and help retain sand on the shoreline. But before that gets ...

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So what’s keeping this new approach to artificial reefs from taking off? According to Sean Burkholder, who heads the UPenn Healthy Port Futures team that helped design the rubble ridges ...

Artificial reef design and placement has become an esoteric science, Thomas Wilson said. The primary aim with this reef is to provide a nursery for kelp and rockfish with its fairly remote locatio ...