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A metals company in South Korea just hit its third beach cleanup with employees and city officials, and they're backing it up with serious money. Korea Zinc is putting $72,000 toward restoring underwater forests off the coast of Ulsan.
Every bottle of Sea Change Wine sold now funds ocean restoration through a new partnership with Ocean Conservation Trust. The eco-friendly brand has already donated over €750,000 to marine conservation since 2018.
In Western Australia's Cockburn Sound, a former mussel farmer is using millions of filter-feeding mussels to purify water and restore 80% of lost seagrass meadows. The tiny creatures are filtering billions of liters of water while creating underwater nurseries that bring fish populations roaring back.
Restaurant leftovers are bringing California's lost oyster reefs back to life. A marine restoration program has turned dinner scraps into 12 tons of habitat for native oysters.
Over 260 volunteers gathered at Portsmouth's Chichester Harbor to deploy 20,000 native oysters in the UK's largest underwater reef restoration project. The effort reconnects the region with centuries of maritime heritage while rebuilding a vital ecosystem.