Juvenile eastern blue gropers ("blue groper"), the state fish of New South Wales, have been recorded living on endangered oyster reefs for the first time.
Plants & Animals
Nov 16, 2022
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Most people associate hurricanes with high winds, intense rain and rapid flooding on land. But these storms can also change the chemistry of coastal waters. Such shifts are less visible than damage on land, but they can have ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 7, 2023
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New scientific findings show that 3 million new oysters are living on oyster baskets built by volunteers along Brisbane's coastline.
Ecology
Apr 4, 2023
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Camouflaged by a layer of silty mud, most people probably wouldn't notice the large flat oysters lurking beneath shallow water in Australia's coastal estuaries. These are remarkable "leaf oysters," and they can form reefs, ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 19, 2022
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A study led by researcher Lisa Kellogg of William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science shows that a restored oyster reef can remove up to 10 times more nitrogen from Chesapeake Bay waters than an unrestored area ...
Environment
May 17, 2013
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The increasing use of large breakwaters and other hard structures to reduce erosion in "living shorelines" along coastal estuaries may be no better for the environment than the ecologically harmful bulkheads they were designed ...
Environment
Mar 5, 2012
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Oysters begin their lives as tiny drifters, but when they mature they settle on reefs. New research from North Carolina State University shows that the sounds of the reef may attract the young oysters, helping them locate ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 30, 2013
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In an effort to advance the field of coastal restoration, The Nature Conservancy and a team of scientists from more than a dozen management agencies and research institutions led by the University of Cambridge conducted an ...
Ecology
Jun 12, 2012
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Earle Naval Weapons Station, where the Navy loads some of America's most sophisticated weapons onto warships, suffered $50 million worth of damage in Superstorm Sandy. Now the naval pier is fortifying itself with some decidedly ...
Environment
Dec 26, 2017
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The U.S. military has an idea to save its seaside bases from some of their most relentless foes: flooding, erosion and storm surge.
Environment
Jan 10, 2023
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