A major marine construction project is underway off the coast of Okaloosa County, where workers have…
Tag: marine habitat
Nearly 200 unwanted concrete pipes and culverts were lowered into the Atlantic off Jacksonville in 2026; instead of being dumped on land, the pieces now form a new fish habitat roughly 90 feet below the water
AI representation of concrete pipes being dumped into the ocean Reefs were under threat in the…
Once the fastest US ocean liner that carried presidents and celebrities across the Atlantic, SS United States is set to become the world’s largest artificial reef
The SS United States, a 990-foot ocean liner that carried presidents, dignitaries and celebrities across the…
Alabama has turned a decommissioned natural gas rig into two artificial reefs; one section rises 632 feet from the seafloor, preserving marine habitat that has been growing there since 1998
Artificial reefs created from retired oil and gas structures can provide stable marine habitat for more…
Rhode Island’s offshore wind turbines are attracting Jonah crabs, raising a bigger question about whether they are creating new marine habitat |
Far below the surface off the coast of Rhode Island, the bases of offshore wind turbines…
Laurance Rockefeller first saw undeveloped St. John from a boat in 1952; his conservation group later acquired about 5,000 acres and gave them to create a US national park
Laurance Rockefeller on St. John at Caneel Bay (Image Credit: National Park Service) What if one…