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Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority is piloting a project of turning its rail cars into ocean reefs to create habitat for aquatic life off the coast of Savannah.
The vehicles are the latest retired vessels added to Artificial Reef L, about 23 nautical miles east of Georgia's Ossabaw Island. They joined battle tanks, barges, tugboats and concrete objects about 65 feet beneath the ocean's surface.
Two retired MARTA railcars were released into the Atlantic Ocean after they were repurposed as artificial reefs on Friday, according to the transportation service.
Oysters stabilize shorelines, trap carbon-rich sediment, and help marshes grow.
In Georgia, scientists are studying a new use for oyster reefs: fighting climate change and storing carbon.