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Coral reefs cheaper than concrete to protect cost cites

dc.contributor.authorIngham, Richard
dc.coverage.spatialIndonesiaen
dc.coverage.spatialIndiaen
dc.coverage.spatialPhilippinesen
dc.coverage.spatialUnited Statesen
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-27T03:35:39Z
dc.date.available2019-03-27T03:35:39Z
dc.date.issued2014-05-21
dc.identifier.citationIngham, R. (2014, May 21). Coral reefs cheaper than concrete to protect cost cites. Manila Bulletin, p. 12.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12174/5133
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherManila Bulletin Publishing Corporationen
dc.titleCoral reefs cheaper than concrete to protect cost citesen
dc.typenewspaperArticleen
dc.citation.journaltitleManila Bulletinen
dc.citation.firstpage12en
local.subject.classificationMB20140521_12en
local.descriptionCoral reefs are as good as concrete defenses in protecting tropical coastal cities from rising seas but are far cheaper, scientists said in a study published on Tuesday. Instead of committing billions of dollars to build breakwaters and sea walls, many tropical cities should consider conserving or restoring their coral reefs, they said. The paper, published in the journal Nature Communications, coincides with findings that the West Antarctic ice sheet is starting to collapse—a phenomenon that will slowly drive up sea levels over hundreds of years. Researchers led by Michael Beck at the University of California at Santa Cruz estimated that coral reefs dissipate up to 97 percent of the energy that waves would otherwise deliver to a shoreline.en
local.subject.personalnameBeck, Michael
local.subject.personalnameAnandakrishnan, Sridhar
local.subject.corporatenameArmed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)en
local.subject.corporatenameUniversity of Californiaen
local.subject.corporatenameIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)en
local.subject.corporatenamePennsylvania State Universityen
dc.contributor.corporateauthorAgence France-Presse (AFP)en
dc.subject.agrovoccoral reefsen
dc.subject.agrovocbreakwatersen
dc.subject.agrovocsea levelen
dc.subject.agrovocreefsen
dc.subject.agrovocwave heighten
dc.subject.agrovoccoral reef restorationen
dc.subject.agrovocrisk managementen


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