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Protecting wetlands helps communities reduce damage from hurricanes and storms

  • Written by Siddharth Narayan, Postdoctoral Fellow, Coastal Flood Risk, University of California, Santa Cruz
Protecting coastal wetlands, like this slough in Florida's Everglades National Park, is a cost-effective way to reduce flooding and storm damage.NPS/C. Rivas

2017 was the worst year on record for hurricane damage in Texas, Florida and the Caribbean from Harvey, Irma and Maria. We had hoped for a reprieve this year, but less than a month after...

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