King Crabs to Rescue Florida's Reefs?

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Mote Marine Laboratory scientists believe that Caribbean king crabs may be the savior of Caribbean reefs and have just opened a 6,000-square-foot Florida Coral Reef Restoration Crab Hatchery Research Center to prove so.

Florida's coral reefs are suffering from the deadly embrace of algae flourishing because of climate change and warming seas. The reefs form an essential barrier to storms and hurricanes; the increased intensity of the storms is more destructive to coral reefs, which are crucial to mitigate damage to the shore and the land beyond. Nature had a grand plan, but our carbon emissions are destroying it....

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