'Oyster castles' to help keep a South Carolina community safe from erosion
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A nearly 2,000-foot-long wall of stacked oyster castles is under construction in Laurel Bay, South Carolina, to reduce coastal erosion and restore natural habitat. When complete next month, the structure will protect homes and parks while providing habitat for oysters, which attach to it and build it into a living reef that can grow with rising sea levels.
The wall is designed to break waves and stabilize shorelines; it addresses symptoms of coastal erosion but does not reverse sea level rise or climate change itself.
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