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click here to view the SCDNR life cycle chart. Beaufort County is home to seven recycling bin sites along with 22 restaurant locations that participate in oyster shell recycling. Participating ...
PORT ROYAL — Music blared from a portable speaker as a dozen volunteers unloaded mesh bags of oyster shells from a boat ... seaside erosion through the creation of a living shoreline.
French researchers are turning discarded oyster shells into eco-friendly concrete with significantly lower CO₂ emissions. Currently being tested along the French Atlantic coast, this material ...
The researchers used oyster shell fossils from the Neo-Tethys Ocean along with high-resolution climate models to reconstruct seasonal fluctuations in sea surface temperatures during the greenhouse ...
New research shows they’re still protecting the land. Dense piles of oyster shells litter the barrier islands just off the coast of Georgia. A recent study showed that these coastlines were ...
Annual oyster shell reseeding — which began this month and will continue for the next several weeks — is affecting some of Beaufort County’s most popular boat landings in Port Royal ...
Oyster shells can be collected and placed in bays to rebuild reefs. The Harte Research Institute at Texas A&M University Corpus Christi is leading the charge along the coast, but it’s through ...
At the historic port of Socoa on France’s Atlantic coast, they’re experimenting with low-carbon mortar containing processed oyster shells to reinforce centuries-old stone harbour walls.
Oyster shells are 91 per cent limestone, which is used in cement and fertiliser. Limestone fuelled construction and agriculture during the 19th and 20th centuries.
but the process yields a much different oyster to savor, with a cleaner, more shapely shell and a more nuanced marine flavor. Floating enclosure contain off bottom oysters as they grow in the ...