Why the US has artificial reefs made from sunken ships and voting machines

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By D’Amy Steward and Avery Paxton, Freethink After a reef is created, fish can appear within minutes. When people hear about underwater reefs, they usually picture colorful gardens created from coral. But some reefs are anchored to much more unusual foundations. For more than a century, people have placed a …

Aerial Surveys of Great Barrier Reef Ordered as Flights Show Extensive Coral Bleaching

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By Graham Readfearn, The Guardian Helicopter flights over almost 50 reefs off the Queensland coast found bleaching in the south was “fairly uniform” Coral bleaching at Heron Island, off Gladstone in the southern part of the Great Barrier Reef seen last week. Conservationists fear a seventh mass bleaching event could …

‘Does Rewilding Sort Climate Change? Yes!’: UK Expert Says Nature Can Save Planet and Not Harm Farming

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By Donna Ferguson, The Guardian Biodiversity campaigner Isabella Tree says wild areas work ‘hand in glove’ with food production as her Sussex estate boasts return of endangered species. The Knepp estate in West Sussex is home to the first white stork born in the wild in Britain for over 600 …

Microplastics Found in Sediment Untouched by Humans

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By Sharon Adarlo, Futurism Microplastics! They’re in everything, from our bodies to the ocean. And apparently they’re even found in sediment layers that date back as early as the first half of the 1700s, showing microplastics’ pernicious ability to infiltrate even environments untouched by modern humans. A team of European researchers made this alarming discovery …