Can Concrete Molds Revive Coral Reefs Ruined by Bombs and Climate Change?

In a devastated section of the Coral Triangle in the Pacific Ocean, a conservation group is trying to build an artificial ...
Science Daily

Artificial reef designed by MIT engineers could protect marine life, reduce storm damage

Engineers designed an 'architected' reef that can mimic the wave-buffering effects of natural reefs while providing pockets for marine life. The sustainable and cost-saving structure could dissipate ...
SpaceNews

Orbital Reef passes design review

Blue Origin and Sierra Space announced Orbital Reef in October 2021 as part of a partnership with Boeing, Redwire Space and several other companies and organizations. The station will ultimately ...
WUNC

New 3D printed artificial reef offers flexible design, more benefits for fish

It's a muggy, humid morning in Bath, North Carolina in late May. A barge is out in the middle of the Pamlico River near Bath Creek, carrying 100 concrete cubes that will make up a new artificial reef.
SpaceRef

Orbital Reef Space Station Advances to Design Phase After NASA Review

The Orbital Reef team, led by partners Sierra Space and Blue Origin, has successfully completed its System Definition Review (SDR) with NASA. The SDR is an important program milestone to establish the ...
KCRW

“Crochet Coral Reef” Melds Art and Math to Highlight Plight of Living Reefs

A new book by Margaret and Christine Wertheim shows how art and math can go hand-in-hand in an explosion of colorful crocheted coral reefs. Margaret Wertheim in the Föhr Reef, Museum Kunst der ...
Fox Business

NASA clears Blue Origin, Sierra Space's 'Orbital Reef' station for design phase

Orbital Reef, a commercially owned and operated space station project currently in development, has cleared a key review by NASA. NASA's system definition review, which was conducted between mid-June ...