Beyond vacations: How visitor spending safeguards our coastline
A tax on hotels and vacation rentals in Palm Beach County funds projects to restore and protect beaches.
Tag: artificial reefs
New manual provides instructions for building environmentally friendly, man-made reefs
Volunteer groups around Florida are increasingly embracing the open-source, homemade option.
Oysters, freshwater and Florida’s future
The story of Florida’s oysters is a microcosm of the challenges facing coastal ecosystems worldwide.
DeSantis says Florida makes preservation of coral reefs a top priority
The Florida governor said the state has invested $114 million in coral reef restoration and coastal protection since 2019.
An ‘effective and sustainable way’ to protect Florida’s coastline: University of Miami researcher Landolf Rhode-Barbarigos discusses SEAHIVE
Rhode-Barbarigos is part of the university team that developed a perforated, hexagonal concrete unit called SEAHIVE
Have the world’s coral reefs already crossed a tipping point?
Last month, the world officially entered its fourth — and probably worst — mass coral bleaching event in history.
Living shorelines help protect Florida’s vanishing landscapes | Letters
The ongoing disappearance of the land at Egmont Key persists at a staggering rate of 4 acres per year due ...
Video: Climate Tech Minute featuring 1Print
Based in Pompano Beach, 1Print creates artificial reefs and seawalls that integrate habitats for marine life.
Not all underwater reefs are made of coral − the US has created artificial reefs from sunken ships, radio towers, boxcars and even voting machines
Artificial reefs cover a total of about 7 square miles of U.S. seafloor – an area equivalent to 3,600 football ...
Can artificial reefs restore corals and protect coastal communities?
Researchers in Florida are testing an artificial reef planted with live corals.