Coral reefs provide flood protection worth $1.8bn every year - it\'s time to protect them

Coral reefs provide flood protection worth $1.8bn every year - it's time to protect them

The loss of coral reefs will bring with it huge economic impacts, warns Michael Beck of the University of California, Santa Cruz

The news is grim: According to a report compiled by hundreds of scientists from 50 countries, Earth is losing species faster than at any other time in human history. Thanks to climate change, coastal development...