{
  "id": 7336858,
  "title": "Reef balls are turning an ocean desert in N.L. into a thriving ecosystem",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/reef-balls-are-turning-an-ocean-desert-in-n-l-into-a-thriving-7336858",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-13T08:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC Canada",
    "slug": "cbc-canada",
    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/reef-balls-placentia-bay-9.7334843"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Last year, fisheries technologist Mark Santos and a team at the Marine Institute launched 285 cement reef balls into Placentia Bay’s Fox Harbour in a bid to remediate an ocean dead zone. Already, he said, they can see marine life returning.",
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        "title": "Reef balls are turning an ocean desert in N.L. into a thriving ecosystem",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/reef-balls-are-turning-an-ocean-desert-in-n-l-into-a-thriving",
        "published": "2026-09-13T08:30:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}