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#oysters — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. Can walls of #oysters protect shores against #hurricanes? #DARPA wants to know.
    #Tyndall Airforce base will test a new way to protect shorelines from intensified waves and storm surges: a 50m array, made up of three chevron-shaped structures each weighing about 46,000lbs, can take 70% of the oomph out of waves, according to tests. But this isn’t your grandaddy’s #seawall. It’s specifically designed to be colonized by oysters, some of nature’s most effective wave-killers.
    arstechnica.com/science/2024/1