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#oysters — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🦦🗽 A camera captured the first river otter sighting in the #Bronx River in over a century.

    Once treated as a city dumping ground, the #waterway lost #otters and #beavers to #pollution and #habitat loss. Decades of cleanup restored #oysters and beavers, now joined by this otter signaling active #ecosystem recovery.

    👉 theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a

    #riverotter #bronxriver #conservation #wildlife #animals #water #restoration #newyork #nyc #urban #cleanwateract #nature #environment

  2. Oysters in the #ChesapeakeBay are on the rebound: New report says they can help fight #ClimateChange phys.org/news/2024-02-oysters-

    "urthering restoration of #oysters would help coastal communities vulnerable to #SeaLevelRise. Specifically, living shorelines that include oyster shell #reefs are a natural approach to protecting them from #erosion. Healthy #OysterReefs can also help protect the habitats that capture and store #carbon."

  3. Native #oysters return to #Belfast after a century's absence phys.org/news/2023-12-native-o

    "Extensive native #OysterBeds were abundant in European seas, and humans have been harvesting them since the Stone Age. But oyster populations have declined by 95% since the 19th century, with native #OysterReefs now one of the most threatened habitats in Europe... Last month some 700 of the #mollusks were lowered into #BelfastLoug... It should eventually create a local equivalent of a #CoralReef"