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Divers surveying 69 offshore wind turbines off Taiwan found 86 fish species living on the steel foundations β none had ever been recorded th
I don't know what to add to this. Offshore wind farm infrastructure created an artificial reef in an area that was essentially an underwater desert. 86 different species moved in, in an area that was pretty much devoid of macroscopic life.
#science#marine biology#and!#urban infrastructure#with a lil#wind turbines#anyway yeah isn't that fucking cool!!!#like marine biologists have been custom building reefs to try and undo some of the damage capitalism and greed have done#and those have helped! they've helped a lot!#but even without a dedicated effort#life has still flourished once suitable conditions arose#idk man I just think it's hopeful and god knows we could use a bit of that rn
