Can coastal infrastructure be engineered to harbor marine life instead of harming it?
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Rebecca Kessler
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MongabayCan coastal infrastructure be engineered to harbor marine life instead of harming it?mongabay.comCOBH, Ireland — On a bright, warm day in April in Cobh, Ireland, I step down a centuries-old cobbled slipway that descends into a harbor packed with fishing boats. Halfway down, something interrupts the weathered wall: an installation of 60 hexagonal concrete panels bolted into the stone. Some panels are ridged or textured; others are […]
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