By installing artificial reefs, state authorities take the pressure off existing natural reefs and ensure a brighter environmental future for marine life, the fishing industry and tourism.

Marine biologists joined the students to explain the ecological role oysters play in building marine ecosystems.

One of the largest artificial reefs in the world has been installed at a wind farm off the Sussex coast. The project at the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm is the first of its kind with 75,000 specially ...

Helicopters. Cargo containers. Old washing machines. For years, fishermen dumped this waste into the Gulf of Mexico. But they ...

BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – On Thursday, local students saw all their hard work come to fruition. On May 8, a program sponsored by the Bay County Artificial Reef Association, the University of Florida ...

The rapid decimation of coral reefs around the world has served as one of the most tragic and terrifying testaments to the horrors of climate change. Human interactions with coral reefs, including ...

Lee County has the distinction of being the home of the first Veterans Memorial Reef dedicated to all U.S. veterans using a military ship. On July 2, 2012, the USS Mohawk was towed from Fort Myers ...

Pollution and rising sea surface temperatures are decimating the world's coral reef populations. According to a 2020 Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network report, the world's oceans lost roughly 14% of ...

Port director of engineering Brian Rousell said the project was already showing positive signs [George Carden/BBC] Artificial habitats installed at a harbour have led to a "massive increase" in marine ...

A wide-open expanse of seafloor covered with sand doesn't present many opportunities for sea creatures to survive. Reefs, on the other hand, are absolutely brimming with life. While debris like ship ...