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Shipwrecks can become thriving reefs, but may contain hidden toxic time bombs

Artificial reefs are still no substitute for protecting the real thing.

19.10.2026 10

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Nicholas Ray

How shipwrecks become ‘islands of life’ in barren seas

Plants and animals soon colonise any hard surface in otherwise sandy or muddy seafloors.

19.12.2025 30

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Nicholas Ray