Coastal Conservation Association Maryland brought their Living Reef Action Campaign to the Michael E Busch Annapolis Library Friday where volunteers built reef balls from concrete. (Paul W. Gillesp… ...

“Reef balls, any kind of concrete structure – anything out there, is actually giving fish a habitat. It’s helping to help that environment; You’ll have organism on that to attract more fish.

Eternal Reefs, a Florida-based charity, combines cremations and burials at sea to make coral reef memorials on ocean floors rather than traditional funerals. Skip to content.

Frankel also pointed out divots in the reef balls that are created to support coral conservation efforts. “We actually can use these reefs for coral transplants,” he said. Credit: Eternal Reefs ...

“This is kind of like reef ball central,” said Barber, who established the volunteer Reef Ball Development Group in 1993. About 90% of the reef balls do not incorporate cremains.

The project includes replacement of water and wastewater lines along Tarpon Center Drive and should be completed by the end ...

These reef balls are the brainchild of biology professor Maria Rosa, who said the waterfront has lost four to five feet of shoreline since she started at Connecticut College in 2018.

Eternal Reefs, a Florida-based charity, combines cremations and burials at sea to make coral reef memorials on ocean floors rather than traditional funerals.

Reef balls are used worldwide to restore coral reef beds damaged by overfishing, ocean acidification, and coral bleaching. The Reef Resilience Network estimates that more than 75% of coral reefs ...

Florida-based nonprofit Eternal Reefs incorporates cremated remains into underwater memorials designed to support coral reef growth, and is attracting attention as a resting place alternative.