When a #ship accidentally sinks into the #ocean, people are often concerned about the toxic substance leaked into the #environment and the damage to #marine #habitats. But research shows that #shipwrecks can form artificial reefs under suitable conditions, which help agitate a better reef #ecosystem.

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00:00 Intro
00:20 Home to marine life - reefs
00:53 How do shipwrecks form reefs?
01:22 First to make a home on shipwrecks - algae
01:34 What marine life come to inhabit?
01:50 Artificial reefs can create a large ocean ecosystem
02:34 Why can't all shipwrecks form reefs?
03:10 Ocean corrosion rates
03:42 Downsides of shipwrecks