Florida is fighting rising seas with oyster reefs that held through hurricanes

Florida is fighting rising seas with oyster reefs that held through hurricanes

Florida's answer to rising seas may look a lot softer than a concrete seawall: oyster shells, mangroves, marsh grasses, and coconut fiber logs. Across the Tampa Bay region, communities are rebuilding coastlines with "living shorelines" — and in at least one case, an offshore oyster reef stayed put through hurricanes while helping limit flood damage. According to WFSU, Florida's tidal shoreline stretches about 8,500 miles, the most in the contigu…