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Ocean reef bigger than Central Park built from subway cars
Original: It's bigger than Central Park, is 24 metres down in the ocean – and contains hundreds of subway cars – and a few tanks
An artificial reef lying 24 metres beneath the ocean surface, larger than Central Park, has been created using hundreds of retired New York subway cars along with decommissioned military tanks. The sunken structures act as hard surfaces for coral, mussels and fish to colonise, turning scrap metal into a habitat that supports marine life and attracts divers and anglers.
Why now: The striking scale and unusual use of subway cars and tanks as artificial reef material is drawing renewed attention.
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Evidence
- It's bigger than Central Park, is 24 metres down in the ocean – and contains hundreds of subway cars – and a few tanks · BBC Wildlife Magazine
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