Remember the story of all the washed up tyres from the artificial reef and how the plan had failed... well heres another reason:
An artificial reef formed of old tires off the Florida coast has been branded as an ecological disaster.
Approximately two million tires had been placed on the ocean floor near Fort Lauderdale beach in the hope of creating an artificial reef, which would provide habitats for native marine life.
However, chemicals released by the tires have actually led to it having the opposite effect creating a dead zone that is now inhibiting coral growth on the surrounding natural reefs.
Diving operations are now in place to remove 700,000 of the tires, and should be completed by the year 2010.
William Nuckols, who is co-ordinating the clean-up, said that the tires are "a constantly killing coral-destruction machine". It is reported that acres of coral could be destroyed if the tires are not removed.
An artificial reef formed of old tires off the Florida coast has been branded as an ecological disaster.
Approximately two million tires had been placed on the ocean floor near Fort Lauderdale beach in the hope of creating an artificial reef, which would provide habitats for native marine life.
However, chemicals released by the tires have actually led to it having the opposite effect creating a dead zone that is now inhibiting coral growth on the surrounding natural reefs.
Diving operations are now in place to remove 700,000 of the tires, and should be completed by the year 2010.
William Nuckols, who is co-ordinating the clean-up, said that the tires are "a constantly killing coral-destruction machine". It is reported that acres of coral could be destroyed if the tires are not removed.
