Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Shipwreck Blog: Environmental Impacts?

A discussion of whether the presence of a particular shipwreck at Palmyra Atoll near Hawaii is damaging coral reefs by allowing an invasive species to thrive where it otherwise wouldn't.

So, inevitably, the story ends with speculation that shipwrecks must be removed from environmentally sensitive places. The expense would be incredible, not that that ever stopped an environmentalist from advocating it.

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