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New York is building a wall of oysters to fight flooding
Charlotte Edmond, World Economic Forum Fisheries & Aquaculture
The sea level around Battery, New York, has risen by nearly nine inches since 1950. Tidal flooding has increased by 247% in some areas of New York since 2000.
Rising seas make floods more likely and hurricanes more damaging.
Oysters could create a surprisingly effective natural flood defence.
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