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
Underwater view of waves breaking over a healthy coral reef, reducing wave energy at the shoreline that can cause flooding.Curt Storlazzi, USGSThe 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...