AI host Ranger Theo Wilder explores living shorelines versus concrete seawalls in coastal protection. Drawing on NOAA research, the episode examines how oyster reefs and marsh grasses absorb wave energy, filter water, sequester carbon, and support biodiversity—while traditional bulkheads accelerate erosion and ecological collapse.

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