By 2100, damaged corals may let waves twice as tall as today’s reach coasts
Conserving reefs is key to defending coastal communities, simulations suggest
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BREAKING WAVE Healthy coral reefs are an important buffer against beach erosion and inundation from ocean waves. That’s true even in a world with rising sea levels.
R. Canavesio