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Recent Examples of wharvesThe infrastructure humans build in the water ‒ houses, piers, wharves, jetties, and even oil rigs ‒ create new habitats for juvenile jellyfish, called polyps, to attach and grow, Bologna said.—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2025
Those offshore turbines are dramatically larger than ones on land and require substantial infrastructure at ports for construction, from large assembly facilities to deepwater docks for ships that carry turbines out to sea.
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Lauren Sommer,
NPR,
31 Aug. 2025
Since this spring, PortKC has been in talks with the city parks board about a plan where PortKC would possibly adopt the park and work with volunteer groups to clean it up and add amenities ranging from fishing docks to camping areas.
The infrastructure humans build in the water ‒ houses, piers, wharves, jetties, and even oil rigs ‒ create new habitats for juvenile jellyfish, called polyps, to attach and grow, Bologna said.
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N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
24 Aug. 2025
Moon jellies also have a less-visible life stage as tiny polyps that attach to rocks, boats and piers beneath the surface.
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