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Protecting mangroves can prevent billions of dollars in global flooding damage every year

  • Written by Michael Beck, Research professor, University of California, Santa Cruz
Mangroves along Mexico's Yucatan coastline.Michael Beck, CC BY-ND

Hurricanes and tropical storms are estimated to cost the U.S. economy more than US$50 billion yearly in damage from winds and flooding. And as these storms travel across the Atlantic, they also ravage many Caribbean nations.

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