Nice idea - trying to bring back marine life to Port Phillip Bay:

"We sail out into the bay to start repairing the damage. Andy and Scott Breschkin are divers and scientists – and today, they are testing a world-first experiment to repair our bay and others like it.

"Our vessel is a 35-year-old retired abalone boat. We have four white bottles of air, two yellow hoses, and a captain named Will Morgan. As we sail out from Black Rock Jetty, he pulls up his buff so all we can see is his sunglasses, which reflect endless grey-blue.

"The plan: head to the most damaged, denuded part of the bay, and try to make life grow anew. The spot is easy to pick – a dump site. Nature Conservancy Australia, the charity for whom Andy and Scott work, plan to build a new shellfish reef on top of it."

#Melbourne #nature https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/how-restaurant-leftovers-are-playing-a-role-in-audacious-bid-to-bring-life-back-to-port-phillip-bay-20250305-p5lh4l.html

"I love this notion: that in vast seas and the absence of cues, the space between whales became the point of focus."

In this excerpt from her new essay collection, Christina Rivera explores nature, the flowing relationships between things, and the missing language we need amid a time of change: https://longreads.com/2025/03/13/language-words-climate-crisis/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social