marine habitat restoration

It sounds unusual at first — a city taking retired subway cars and sinking them into the ocean. But in this case, it’s not waste. It’s restoration. In an innovative environmental initiative, agencies in New York City have deliberately submerged decommissioned subway cars off the Atlantic coast to create artificial reefs. Instead of sending aging transit cars to scrapyards, … [Read more...] about From Subway to Seabed: How New York’s Retired Train Cars Are Reviving Marine Life