That feeling of euphoria at the sight of a stellar report card—we are feeling all the feels.Roughly
That feeling of euphoria at the sight of a stellar report card—we are feeling all the feels.Roughly every two years the Smithsonian Healthy Reefs for Healthy People Initiative (HRI) releases a report card for the Mesoamerican Reef—a barrier reef that stretches along the Atlantic coasts of Mexico, Belize, Honduras and Guatemala, the largest such reef in the Americas.And it turns out that this year its grades are up! Despite several bleaching events in the Caribbean, coral cover increased by an average of 38 percent at more than 100 sites that have been monitored from 2006 to 2016.Read the full details here.Photo Credit: Francesca Diaco Pargos -- source link
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