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 ...

In June 2024, a team of divers sank a curious assortment of 24 sculptures off the northern coast of Bali. The sculptures look like works of art—and in many ways they are. But they are also memorial ...

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Florida has one of the most active artificial reef programs. On Wednesday, Bay County alongside the ...

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 ...

OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — A $1.26 million artificial reef project funded by the Natural Resource Damage Assessment Fund has added hundreds of underwater habitats to the Gulf of Mexico, according ...

Monmouth County will use concrete rubble from the old Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge to expand the Sandy Hook Reef. The New Jersey Artificial Reef network creates habitats for fish to support state ...

Marine scientists say artificial reefs can help reduce coastal erosion and keep large materials out of landfills.

While wave pools may be the manmade surfing development du jour, there’s other synthetic wave-making avenues out there that are gaining some steam. For instance, an artificial reef in Western ...

The USS Mohawk was scuttled off the coast of Sanibel Island in 2012 to create the first Veterans Memorial Reef. This 165-foot World War II vessel was environmentally cleaned before being sunk in 90 ...

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 ...