MARINE LIFE

Are artificial reefs good for the environment?

Proponents say they replenish the ecosystem. Some scientists aren't so sure.

By Jeneen Interlandi | Newsweek Web Exclusive
Jun 20, 2008 | Updated: 8:49  p.m. ET Jun 20, 2008

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  • Posted By: bookwormlt3 @ 06/23/2008 9:25:03 AM

    We should not pollute the ocean simply because there are more people for it. People need to stop using fix-it-for-now methods and should start considering the butterfly effect such actions will have. In the end they will only spend more money on repairs.

  • Posted By: bookwormlt3 @ 06/23/2008 9:24:23 AM

    We should not pollute the ocean simply because there are more people for it. People need to stop using fix-it-for-now methods and should start considering the butterfly effect such actions will have. In the end they will only spend more money on repairs.

  • Posted By: BrownFoxNine @ 06/23/2008 8:19:43 AM

    Well it sure seems good for the recreational divers!
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  • Posted By: fa_e2fa_e @ 06/22/2008 2:46:01 PM

    Leaching is a natural cleansing process....albeit a generational one....not a word for permanent attachment for strenght of arguement...look the word up in all its forums Java...before capitalizing on its ambiguous foundations. Hebrews 5:7 time served...?

  • Posted By: fa_e2fa_e @ 06/22/2008 2:20:09 PM

    Let us put in four new breakwaters and "artificial" reefs off the Humboldt coast...I have a crew and boat to do soundings....while I understand the concerns of the past interference of resource planning...underwater communities never leave that which deeds them. All the moorings, all the philanthrapy, my god what a better prooving ground for our "voice". Let us apply it.

  • Posted By: JustAJoe @ 06/22/2008 1:56:54 PM

    Metals are poison to fish. Just because the concentration isn't large enough for them to float to the surface, doesn't mean everything is OK. I wouldn't eat them. I bet we will find out in hindsight we have created something else we can't clean up. If we don't want it buried and leaching into our groundwater, why put it in the ocean? We have gotten past the belief the ocean can just take whatever we choose to dump it. Sounds like there are too many special interests surrounding this practice, and they won't move past the "the ocean can take it" mentality. Oh, I forgot, they are doing GOOD, no wonder, silly me.

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