Coral reefs support biodiversity and coastal economies The Perfect Ocean
A start-up backed by tech giants IBM and Microsoft plans to build thousands of artificial reefs across the globe to fight climate change by restoring coral reef ecosystems.
The Reef Company plans to have its first reefs in the water by December 2022, and the firm is encouraging more corporations to fund reefs to help offset their carbon footprint.
“We have calculated we need to build 2500 reefs, each measuring 52 square kilometres, over the next 10 years to absorb the excess carbon we…
Article amended on 17 March 2023
We corrected the size and cost of the planned reefs and the location of the reef in Malaysia.
