You are viewing a single comment's thread from:

RE: A Second Life for Subway Cars : Habitat Restoration in the Atlantic Ocean

in #nature7 years ago

This was fascinating, I remember having read about a similar process where a company was using recycled materials to create a mixture with which they would fill a mold. The molds were modeled after existing reef structures found in nature.

Sort:  

Yeah! There are a lot of really neat forms and concrete structures used for artificial reefs around the globe. A lot of those forms were derived from patterns discovered in nature (as you say). Lots to be learned from our underwater neighbors :)