DISASTER● ELEVATEDSep 13 · Sep 13, 2026, 7:32 PM
In 1972, a gold-painted tire fell from a Goodyear blimp to launch a 2-million-tire artificial reef off the coast of Florida, and it became a machine that continues to kill neighboring coral
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The project aimed to reuse discarded tires and create a new habitat for fish off Fort Lauderdale, but it ended up becoming a serious environmental problem. Decades later, thousands of tires continue to be removed from the seabed because storms displace them and they can
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