Dredging of Puerto Rico’s biggest port begins as environmentalists warn of threat to turtles, corals
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A $62 million project to dredge Puerto Rico’s largest and most important port began Wednesday amid fierce opposition from environmentalists and pending litigation. Crews from California-based Curtin Maritime are working to open San Juan Bay to navigation for large vessels, including tankers serving a new liquid natural gas terminal […]
Playing thriving reef sounds on underwater speakers ‘could save damaged corals’ | Coral
Underwater speakers that broadcast the hustle and bustle of thriving corals could bring life back to increasingly damaged and degraded coral reefs that are at risk of becoming ocean graveyards, researchers say. Scientists who conducted research off the coast of the U.S. Virgin Islands in the Caribbean discovered that coral larvae play a predicament that […]