Hard corals can thrive more on sloping seawalls than vertical ones: NUS Study

Researchers from NUS have found that sloping sea walls could host a greater diversity and abundance of coral life compared with vertical structures. PHOTO: NUS REEF ECOLOGY LABORATORY
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SINGAPORE -Seawalls are increasingly being used as a buffer to protect coastlines from the effects of time and tide, and new research has found that these structures may not be incompatible with life underwater.

Sometimes, they can bloom with corals.

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