Tokelau, which consists of three small Pacific atolls administered by New Zealand, gets 93% of its electricity from solar panels, and the other 7% from a sustainable supply of coconuts.
After a costly, painstaking and potentially perilous operation to raise the battered hull of the cruise ship Costa Concordia, engineers succeeded in righting the ship, removing it from the reefs where it ran aground.
After a costly, painstaking and potentially perilous operation to raise the battered hull of the cruise ship Costa Concordia, engineers succeeded in righting the ship, removing it from the reefs where it ran aground.
After a costly, painstaking and potentially perilous operation to raise the battered hull of the cruise ship Costa Concordia, engineers succeeded in righting the ship, removing it from the reefs where it ran aground.
After a costly, painstaking and potentially perilous operation to raise the battered hull of the cruise ship Costa Concordia, engineers succeeded in righting the ship, removing it from the reefs where it ran aground.
Its positive buoyancy prevents the sub from landing on a reef, and its low light and noise emissions ensure the fragile ocean ecosystems remain undisturbed.
Colorful sponges and other marine life are starting to colonize the underwater museum’s statuary and draw tourists away from a threatened natural reef off the Cancun coast.
Colorful sponges and other marine life are starting to colonize the underwater museum’s statuary and draw tourists away from a threatened natural reef off the Cancun coast.
Colorful sponges and other marine life are starting to colonize the underwater museum’s statuary and draw tourists away from a threatened natural reef off the Cancun coast.
If done with no environmental impact study on the unique and delicate ecosystem of a coastal area, this project may result in the destruction of mangrove trees and natural reefs buffers, resulting in extreme beach erosion.
Its positive buoyancy prevents the sub from landing on a reef, and its low light and noise emissions ensure the fragile ocean ecosystems remain undisturbed.
This extraordinary artificial reef (MUSA) off the east coast of Mexico is made of life-casts of real people constructed from materials which encourage coral to grow.
Synanceia, the vernacular being stonefish, camouflages itself in a grey, mottled color like a stone, and like a stone it rests at the bottom of a reef, until its prey gets too close.