Bottom-Dwelling Marine Animals Thriving on Offshore Wind Farm Foundations

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By Cristen Hemingway JaynesMay 26, 2023, 10:08 pm241 ptsTrending
In a discovery by researchers from Leiden University in the Netherlands, offshore wind turbines have become a haven for benthos — the community of marine organisms that live in, on or around the seafloor. There are more soil animals per square meter living in the foundations of offshore wind farms than on the…

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