Nation Jun 23 Restaurants in New Orleans are recycling oyster shells to save precious coastline By Roby Chavez
Nation Dec 30 Watch 7:33 Making NewsHour Weekend: Getting stuck in a swamp, and other adventures In part four of our series "Making NewsHour Weekend," producer Sam Weber and anchor Hari Sreenivasan look back on where their reporting took them in 2018, from the swamps of Florida to the ocean off Scotland’s coast. They also recall…
Science Jul 14 Watch 10:03 ‘Living shorelines’ use oyster shells and marsh grass to reverse coastal erosion Americans who live along coastlines are watching their land disappear and property threatened as climate change causes sea levels to rise. While homeowners often rely on expensive seawalls and bulkheads to slow the erosion, a growing number are building “living… By Sam Weber, Connie Kargbo and John Upton, Climate Central
Science Jul 14 As seas rise, Americans use nature to fight worsening erosion Homeowners are using marsh seedlings and bags of oyster shells to create "living shorelines," a natural alternative to seawalls--and one that reduces coastal erosion as climate change causes sea levels to rise. By John Upton, Climate Central