Coral Reef Structure Matters Most, for Keeping Tropical Coastlines Intact (8 of 8) (IMAGE)

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Coral Reef Structure Matters Most, for Keeping Tropical Coastlines Intact (8 of 8)

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Wave breaking at Teahupo'o, Tahiti, June 2013. Surfer: Unknown. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the 28 February 2018, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by D.L. Harris at Center for Marine Environmental Sciences (MARUM) in Bremen, Germany, and colleagues was titled, "Coral reef structural complexity provides important coastal protection from waves under rising sea levels."

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[Credit: R. Canavesio]

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