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Oysters May be Able to Protect Us from Rising Seas

2014-05-03 14:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Nature World News: Scientists discovered that oyster reefs grow rapidly enough to match sea level rise, and may be able to keep future flooding at bay, according to research published in the journal Nature Climate Change. Oyster colonies provide habitat for wildlife, filter muck out of waterways, stabilize and raise shorelines, and can withstand the impact of storm surges, helping to spare lowlands from flooding. That all sounds great, if it weren't for the fact that 85 percent of the oyster reefs that once dominated...

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