The global flood protection savings provided by coral reefs

Coral reefs can provide significant coastal protection benefits to people and property. Here we show that the annual expected damages from flooding would double, and costs from frequent storms would triple without reefs. For 100-year storm events, flood damages would increase by 91% to $US 272 billi...

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Autores principales: Beck, Michael W., Losada, Iñigo J., Menéndez, Pelayo, Reguero, Borja G., Díaz-Simal, Pedro, Fernández, Felipe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5997709/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29895942
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04568-z

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5997709/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29895942
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04568-z

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