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May 2021
22m 59s

Turning oil platforms into reefs

Bbc World Service
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<p>There are thousands of oil and gas platforms in the world’s oceans and in the coming decades many will become obsolete. Some people think that instead of treating them as industrial waste, we should embrace the ecosystems they’ve created and leave them in the sea as artificial reefs. This approach has been adopted by some US states, and scientists are con ... Show More
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