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"Between 2007 and 2024, Florida attempted to rebuild the Gulf of Mexico’s
ecosystem in an unusual way: dumping over 500,000 tons of recycled oyster and
clam shells straight back into the water.
These shells were gathered from seafood restaurants (quite literally scraped
off of plates) as well as seafood plants. So essentially, a massive amount of
sinking, rotting garbage was supposedly going to bring the struggling sandy
seafloors back to life.
Understandably, the idea was met with criticism.
Some called it reckless dumping. Others warned it would be detrimental to an
already dwindling ecosystem. And for a while, these concerns seemed valid. Even
the researchers running this giant experiment had their doubts as no visible
progress was initially seen.
But beneath the surface, those scrapped shells immediately got to work— even
though human eyes couldn’t perceive it."
Via Lisa Stranger and Susan ****
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
