The global flood protection savings provided by coral reefs
Coral reefs provide significant coastal protection from storms but they have experienced significant losses. Here the authors show that the annual damages from flooding would double globally without reefs and they quantify where reefs provide the most protection to people and property.
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2018-06-01
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| author | Michael W. Beck Iñigo J. Losada Pelayo Menéndez Borja G. Reguero Pedro Díaz-Simal Felipe Fernández |
| author_facet | Michael W. Beck Iñigo J. Losada Pelayo Menéndez Borja G. Reguero Pedro Díaz-Simal Felipe Fernández |
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| description | Coral reefs provide significant coastal protection from storms but they have experienced significant losses. Here the authors show that the annual damages from flooding would double globally without reefs and they quantify where reefs provide the most protection to people and property. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-98e1f15b3ed849e8b3d72e6c88f4a6e92022-12-21T23:38:33ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232018-06-01911910.1038/s41467-018-04568-zThe global flood protection savings provided by coral reefsMichael W. Beck0Iñigo J. Losada1Pelayo Menéndez2Borja G. Reguero3Pedro Díaz-Simal4Felipe Fernández5The Nature Conservancy, University of CaliforniaEnvironmental Hydraulics Institute “IHCantabria”, Universidad de CantabriaEnvironmental Hydraulics Institute “IHCantabria”, Universidad de CantabriaThe Nature Conservancy, University of CaliforniaEnvironmental Hydraulics Institute “IHCantabria”, Universidad de CantabriaEnvironmental Hydraulics Institute “IHCantabria”, Universidad de CantabriaCoral reefs provide significant coastal protection from storms but they have experienced significant losses. Here the authors show that the annual damages from flooding would double globally without reefs and they quantify where reefs provide the most protection to people and property.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04568-z |
| spellingShingle | Michael W. Beck Iñigo J. Losada Pelayo Menéndez Borja G. Reguero Pedro Díaz-Simal Felipe Fernández The global flood protection savings provided by coral reefs Nature Communications |
| title | The global flood protection savings provided by coral reefs |
| title_full | The global flood protection savings provided by coral reefs |
| title_fullStr | The global flood protection savings provided by coral reefs |
| title_full_unstemmed | The global flood protection savings provided by coral reefs |
| title_short | The global flood protection savings provided by coral reefs |
| title_sort | global flood protection savings provided by coral reefs |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04568-z |
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