18th Century Nautical Charts Document Historic Loss of Coral Reefs (2 of 4) (IMAGE)

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18th Century Nautical Charts Document Historic Loss of Coral Reefs (2 of 4)

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Nautical chart from the Florida Keys, 1775. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the 06 September 2017, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by L. McClenachan at Colby College in Waterville, Maine, and colleagues was titled, "Ghost reefs: Nautical charts document large spatial scale of coral reef loss over 240 years."

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[Credit: Loren McClenachan]

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