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Aerial view of Green Island reef at the Great Barrier Reef near Cairns in Tropical North Queensland, Queensland, Australia.

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

Source: The Conversation

Coral reefs can provide protection from natural disasters. Find out what needs to happen in order to restore and better protect them.

This entry was posted in The Natural World and tagged People, Science & Nature on August 1, 2019 by Jessica Volkening-Hayes.

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