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Coral reefs provide flood protection worth $1.8 billion every year – it's time to protect them

  • Written by Michael Beck, Research professor, University of California, Santa Cruz
Coral reefs provide flood protection worth $1.8 billion every year – it's time to protect themUnderwater view of waves breaking over a healthy coral reef, reducing wave energy at the shoreline that can cause flooding.Curt Storlazzi, USGS

The news is grim: According to a report compiled by hundreds of scientists from 50 countries, Earth is losing species faster than at any other time in human history. Thanks to climate change, coastal...

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