Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p>Can walls of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/oysters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oysters</span></a> protect shores against <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/hurricanes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hurricanes</span></a>? <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/DARPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DARPA</span></a> wants to know.<br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Tyndall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tyndall</span></a> 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 <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/seawall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seawall</span></a>. It’s specifically designed to be colonized by oysters, some of nature’s most effective wave-killers. <br><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/10/can-walls-of-oysters-protect-shores-against-hurricanes-darpa-wants-to-know/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/science/2024/1</span><span class="invisible">0/can-walls-of-oysters-protect-shores-against-hurricanes-darpa-wants-to-know/</span></a></p>