Environment & Sustainability
The Hydrogen Project Named After an Oyster
Europe's biggest energy companies built a hydrogen system for offshore wind turbines and named it OYSTER. It produces clean fuel from seawater — the way an oyster produces something precious from what surrounds it.
Taste & Science
A More Acidic Ocean, a Different Oyster
Ocean acidification is already affecting oyster hatcheries in the Pacific Northwest. The consequences for shell formation are known. What it does to flavor — how the oyster you eat in 2035 may differ biochemically — is only beginning to be understood.
Environment & Sustainability
Oysters and Coastal Ecosystems
Oysters filter, build, and stabilize. A single acre of reef can process more than 24 million gallons of water a day — and that is the least of what it does.