Vital buffers against climate change are just offshore

ScienceDaily
Jun 4, 2020, 11:37 am157 pts
A new study finds that about 31 million people worldwide live in coastal regions that are 'highly vulnerable' to future tropical storms and sea-level rise driven by climate change. But in some of those regions, powerful defenses are located just offshore, in the forms of mangroves and coral reefs, key buffers…

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