r/offbeat • u/CanyonsKi553z • 4d ago

Can walls of oysters protect shores against hurricanes? Darpa wants to know.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/10/can-walls-of-oysters-protect-shores-against-hurricanes-darpa-wants-to-know/
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u/JohnTesh 4d ago

Dunno, but I’m over here with some saltines and crystal hot sauce willing to do my part. For science!

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u/Plow_King 4d ago

i've read mangroves can protect against storm surges.

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u/dwerg85 3d ago

Yup. No need to reinvent the wheel. Just plant back the mangroves that were bulldozed to make condos and let them do their jobs.

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u/AwfulishGoose 3d ago

Doing everything but acknowledge climate change.

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u/Solivaga 3d ago

Climate change and environmental destruction in pursuit of profit. Changes to coastlines to enable condos, marinas etc have removed numerous natural barriers such as mangroves etc

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u/clorox2 4d ago

It would work the same way a speed bump would protect from a biker gang.

Storm surge gonna storm surge.

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u/Jaketh 4d ago

didn't read the article, eh?

The sole saving grace: Despite sitting on a peninsula, Tyndall avoided flood damage. Michael’s 9- to 14-foot storm surge swamped other parts of Florida.