Oysters and whisky? Why the pairing could have huge benefits for wildlife in Scotland

Scientists find that using oysters as water filters helps the bivalve and other species thrive - and could treble the amount of carbon going into the seabedGood whisky needs pure clean water, which partly explains why distilleries in Scotland always seem to have such scenic, loch-side backdrops. And one of the best ways to filter that water is oysters. Indeed, the European native oyster was so plentiful in Scotland that 30 million a year were harvested from oyster beds outside Edinburgh in the 1800s.But today the species is almost extinct: populations have dropped by 85% over the past century, most likely because of overfishing from bottom trawling. Continue reading...