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Why the military is creating artificial reefs to protect U.S. shorelines

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Summary
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73% Informative

Artificial reefs have been deployed around the country to enhance and protect coastlines.

The Department of Defense is working to deploy them in waters off its coastal military bases.

Ali Rogin speaks with Catherine Campbell , who manages the program, to learn more about the project.

She received a Peabody Award in 2021 for her work on News Hour’s series on the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect worldwide.

VR Score

79

Informative language

80

Neutral language

91

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

48

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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