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Kelp Forest
The San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station is responsible for creating a thinning kelp bed off the coast of San Diego, California. The corporation is, however, initiating the creation of a $20 million artificial reef, the largest in the US, in hopes of regenerating the kelp forest.
This article reminded me, on a much smaller scale, of the relay effect we spoke of in class. The percentage of aquatic life affected is significantly smaller - their home, the kelp forest, was not reproducing young kelp - because the “power plant's operations degraded the ocean”.
This “thread” does not have to be pulled very far to reveal what is happening, but it seems in a situation so closely related (a power plant by the sea) this situation could have been easily avoided. Let’s hope that the efforts to reproduce the kelp forest, a habitat for so many life forms, are successful and that in future, environmental impact assessment studies will play a major role in the planning of any such development.
Kelp Forest
The San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station is responsible for creating a thinning kelp bed off the coast of San Diego, California. The corporation is, however, initiating the creation of a $20 million artificial reef, the largest in the US, in hopes of regenerating the kelp forest.
This article reminded me, on a much smaller scale, of the relay effect we spoke of in class. The percentage of aquatic life affected is significantly smaller - their home, the kelp forest, was not reproducing young kelp - because the “power plant's operations degraded the ocean”.
This “thread” does not have to be pulled very far to reveal what is happening, but it seems in a situation so closely related (a power plant by the sea) this situation could have been easily avoided. Let’s hope that the efforts to reproduce the kelp forest, a habitat for so many life forms, are successful and that in future, environmental impact assessment studies will play a major role in the planning of any such development.
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