Construction Concrete blocks weighing up to 80 tons with a four-arm shape have become Japan’s weapon against the ocean and today cover half of the country’s coastline, in a French invention from 1950 that has spread to Morocco, the Maldives, Brazil, and dozens of other coasts around the world. Bruno Teles 22/05/2026 at 21:38
Interesting facts The United Kingdom is throwing six-ton concrete blocks to the bottom of the North Sea, and the reason is the opposite of what you might think, as each block carries 4,000 oysters capable of filtering millions of liters of water per day. Bruno Teles 04/04/2026 at 11:12
Interesting facts In 9 Months, A Couple Took Over A Lot Overgrown With Brush And Uneven Ground, Cleared Access With Machines, Built The Foundation, And Watched A Two-Story House Rise From Scratch, With A Finished Interior And Deck At The End Noel Budeguer 14/02/2026 at 16:26
Interesting facts Millions of Concrete Blocks Are Thrown Into the Sea to Tackle Waves That Can Destroy Entire Cities in a Desperate Race of Coastal Engineering Against Storms, Tsunamis, and Rising Sea Levels That Already Threaten Trillions of Dollars in Global Infrastructure Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 16/01/2026 at 20:40
Interesting facts Three Japanese Engineers Place 400 One-Ton Concrete Blocks, Bringing Hope to Affected Areas Bruno Teles 01/11/2025 at 11:42
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