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Can a Billion Oysters Save New York City?

Join Joe Hanson as he explores curiosity and illuminates the science behind… well, everything.

Can a Billion Oysters Save New York City?

Season 11 Episode 20 | 12m 56s | CC

The Big Apple is really a seaside city built on an archipelago. In the wake of a century of industrial pollution and climate change-fueled superstorms like Hurricane Sandy, New York’s waterways need help. Learn how Billion Oyster Project is working to restore one of the world’s greatest lost ecosystems in order to clean up New York’s water and protect it from an uncertain climate future.

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