A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem characterized by reef-building corals. Reefs are formed of colonies of coral polyps held together by calcium carbonate...
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John Crosthwaite (section Reef Engineering)
contract with Hyundai, he returned to England to start his own company, Reef Engineering, to produce and export open top cars for holiday resorts in the Seychelles...
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An artificial reef (AR) is a human-created freshwater or marine benthic structure. Typically built in areas with a generally featureless bottom to promote...
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Andrew, a category 5 hurricane swept through, requiring a re-engineering of the Reef. The reef stretches across 16 acres (65,000 m2) of ocean floor designed...
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Human activities have substantial impact on coral reefs, contributing to their worldwide decline. Damaging activities encompass coral mining, pollution...
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Capitol Reef National Park is a national park of the United States in south-central Utah. The park is approximately 60 miles (100 km) long on its north–south...
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Orbital Reef is a low Earth orbit (LEO) space station under development. It is designed by Blue Origin and Sierra Space for commercial space activities...
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Penfield Reef Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Connecticut, United States, on Penfield Reef at the south side of Black Rock Harbor entrance on the Long Island...
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oceans, including in the Caribbean and on the Great Barrier Reef and Belize Barrier Reef. The Taíno word for "island", cairi, became cayo in Spanish and...
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Biorock (section Electrified reef)
Journal of Oceanic Engineering. 4 (3): 94–113. Bibcode:1979IJOE....4...94H. doi:10.1109/JOE.1979.1145428. "FAQ". Global Coral Reef Aliance. Retrieved...
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Hotel Haegumgang (redirect from Four Seasons Barrier Reef Resort)
Seasons Barrier Reef Resort, was the world's first floating hotel. Originally designed to exploit the tourism potential of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia...
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conditions. It ranks high as an engineering achievement among all the lighthouses built on the Great lakes. In 2020, The Spectacle Reef Preservation Society was...
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Coral reef restoration strategies use natural and anthropogenic processes to restore damaged coral reefs. Reefs suffer damage from a number of natural...
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Great Basses Reef Lighthouse is an offshore lighthouse in the south of Sri Lanka, operated and maintained by the Sri Lanka Ports Authority. It is located...
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Coral (category Coral reefs)
of many identical individual polyps. Coral species include the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans and secrete calcium carbonate to form...
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Stones reef is a rocky reef nearly 15 miles (24 km) west of Land's End, Cornwall and 7 miles (11 km) east-northeast of the Isles of Scilly. The reef consists...
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Aquaculture of coral (category Coral reefs)
for commercial purposes or coral reef restoration. Aquaculture is showing promise as a tool for restoring coral reefs, which are dying off around the world...
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17°12′S 152°00′E / 17.200°S 152.000°E / -17.200; 152.000 Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve is a former marine protected area covering an area of 8440 km2...
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Frederick Reef is in the Coral Sea Islands, over 220 nautical miles (410 km) northeast of Gladstone, Queensland. The reef was named in 1812 by Captain...
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Junction Reefs Dam is a heritage-listed former mining dam on the Belubula River at Lyndhurst, Blayney Shire, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed...
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Coral Reef Senior High School is a secondary school located at 10101 S.W. 152nd Street in Richmond Heights, Florida, United States. The principal is Nicole...
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of them is known as a spetchel. Artificial levees require substantial engineering. Their surface must be protected from erosion, so they are planted with...
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KOLOS (India, 2010) among others. Artificial reef – Human-made underwater structure that functions as a reef Breakwater (structure) – Coastal defense structure...
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carbon cycles, and the health of coral reefs 2. Marine engineering incorporates many aspects of mechanical engineering. One manifestation of this relationship...
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Coral bleaching (redirect from Reef bleaching)
the Great Barrier Reef killed 29 to 50 percent of the reef's coral. In 2017, the bleaching extended into the central region of the reef. The average interval...
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Media related to Granite Reef Diversion Dam at Wikimedia Commons Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. AZ-51, "Granite Reef Diversion Dam, Salt River...
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Marine Park and Museum, to the south and the Coral Reef Club hotel to the north. The shallow coral reef, and calm and clear water found on the west coast...
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a chain of low islands and reef shoals that are collectively called Ram Setu or Adam's bridge. The shallow waters and reefs make it difficult for large...
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Alligator Reef Light is located 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) east of Indian Key, near the Matecumbe Keys of Florida in the United States, north of...
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Guam, Mariana Islands, from July 21 to August 10, 1944. Crossing a 400-yard reef under frontal and flanking fire from strongly defended positions on dominating...
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