Study Quantifies Water Cleaning Capacity of South Carolina’s Farmed Oysters (Video) - NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science As coastal populations continue to grow, so too do the pressures on our waterways. Rivers and streams carry nitrogen from fertilizers and stormwater runoff right into estuaries. In excess, this nutrient can fuel large algal blooms that suck oxygen out of the water, killing fish and other aquatic life. But nature has a solution — ... Read more

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