Seven-year study finds Rhode Island offshore wind farm became a thriving artificial reef for black sea bass
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A seven-year study of America's first offshore wind farm in Rhode Island found that, contrary to fears it would destroy local fisheries and ecosystems, the turbines actually created a thriving artificial reef. Nearly a million marine animals were tracked, and the data showed that black sea bass and other species flourished around the turbine foundations, transforming the wind farm into an underwater paradise rather than an ecological disaster.
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bskySeven-year study finds Rhode Island offshore wind farm became a thriving artificial reef for black sea bassecoportal.netKey quotes
· 4 pulledSkeptics' greatest fear was that local fisheries and ecosystems would be destroyed.
Nearly a million marine animals were tracked, and the final data shocked everyone.
The turbines didn't end up ruining the ecosystem. It was the opposite.
How did a massive green energy project accidentally become a thriving underwater paradise?
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