Off the coast of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, lies one of the most notorious examples of human intervention gone wrong in the marine environment. The Osborne Reef, once promoted as an innovative artificial reef project, is now widely recognized as an environmental failure—and a lesson the ocean is still paying for decades later. The Origin of the Osborne Reef In the 1970s, a … [Read more...] about Group shares eerie photos of disastrous man-made reef off coast of Florida: ‘We definitely have a lot of work to do’
Ocean Cleanup
Snorkeler Finds Holiday Goer’s Wedding Ring Worn by a Fish on Its Neck
A snorkeler in Australia hardly believed her eyes when she spotted a sand mullet fish with a wedding band wrapped around its neck. Norfolk Island local Susan Prior was swimming off the east coast of Australia when she beheld the strange site. Believing the ring might be of value, Prior put it up on the local Classifieds page in the hope she would find the … [Read more...] about Snorkeler Finds Holiday Goer’s Wedding Ring Worn by a Fish on Its Neck