Earth: Humble shellfish, called a ‘blue superfood,’ nourishes humans, cleans water, and stores carbon

Nov 13, 2025

Most foods leave a mark on the environment, but farmed oysters can tip the balance the other way. They grow without feed, they tidy up coastal waters, and their shells hold carbon in a mineral form. A new study on Irish Pacific oysters measured what farms emit and what oysters remove, then added up the difference. See the full article here.