Factoid/2014/05/20
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Coral Reefs Protect our Coasts - Naturally
- "They extracted quantitative data from 27 studies of wave breaking in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans — and they found that intact coral reefs reduce wave energy by 97% and wave height by 84%. The study is published this week in the journal Nature Communications." - excerpt from Nature Conservancy blog.
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