Restoring coastal forests can protect coral reefs against sediment runoff: Study

Mongabay
Dec 7, 2021, 6:36 pm178 pts
A new study shows that two-fifths of coral reefs globally are seriously threatened by sediment runoff — the transportation of accumulated material from land to sea, often with harmful pollutants tagging along. But it also offers a potential solution: reforestation. “Sediment excess can attenuate light and…

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