Therewerewaveshittingstructuresbecausethisrichthree D mosaicofprotectivewetlandsisnolongerthere.
この豊かな3つのDモザイクの保護湿地がなくなったため、構造物に波が打ち寄せていました。
That's something a teamofdesignersandengineersaretryingtosolve.
それは、デザイナーやエンジニアのチームが解決しようとしていることです。
Fundedby a federaldisasterreliefgrantanddesignedbyscape, a landscapearchitecturefirm, theLivingBreakwatersprojectismeanttosafeguardpartofNewYorkCity's coastline.
And a majorcomponentoftheprojectisthesmallandbrinyoyster.
そして、その大きな柱となるのが、小ぶりで歯ごたえのあるカキです。
Oystersareecosystemengineers.
牡蠣は生態系エンジニア。
Intheharbor.
港で
TheyhelpedThioconglomerateandcreatereefs.
彼らはチオの財閥化と岩礁の形成を手伝ってくれました。
Theyfilterwater, theycleanwater.
水をろ過して水をきれいにしてくれる
Butwasterreefsactuallyreducetheimpactofstormsandstormsurgesandthingslikethatwhenyouhad a complexthreedimensionalshorelinethatisbothoysterreefsandsaltmarshandallofthatworkingtogether.
Inotherwords, beforeNewYorkerspollutedandoverharvestedtheirharbor, oysterreefsusedtoprovide a naturalprotectionagainstbigwavesliketheonesproducedbyHurricaneSandywithouttheoysterreefsandwiththewholeshorelinehasfundamentallychanged.
Tobesuccessful, youneedrecruitmentofwildoystersfromthesystem, meaningwildbabyoystersneedtobeabletofindthesereefinstallationsinordertolatchonandestablish a homeforthemselves.
I thinkNewYorkersneedtogetintothisnewparadigmofbeing a coastalcityagain, livingwithwater, embracingourwaterycontext, notfortifyingourselvesoff, butunderstandingwhatitmeans.