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  • In Puerto Rico's Cabo Rojo, washed up trash and dead mangrove trees still dominate some areas almost three years after hurricane Maria in 2017.
    Gross_PuertoRico065.jpg
  • After almost three years there are still large areas of dead mangroves in Puerto Rico, like this in Cabo Rojo, after hurrican Maria. Mangroves are a shoreline's best known defence during large storms.
    Gross_PuertoRico066.jpg
  • Crash Boat Beach, in Puerto Rico's northwest, sustained significant damage during hurricanes Maria and Irma in 2017. These dock pilings were bent right over, destroying the marina, and the life that was living on them, including large sponges and anemonies, were killed. In 2020 they are just beginning to come back.
    Gross_PuertoRico041.jpg
  • Crash Boat Beach, in Puerto Rico's northwest, sustained significant damage during hurricanes Maria and Irma in 2017. These dock pilings were bent right over, destroying the marina, and the life that was living on them, including large sponges and anemonies, were killed. In 2020 they are just beginning to come back.
    Gross_PuertoRico040.jpg
  • Crash Boat Beach, in Puerto Rico's northwest, sustained significant damage during hurricanes Maria and Irma in 2017. These dock pilings were bent right over, destroying the marina, and the life that was living on them, including large sponges and anemonies, were killed. In 2020 they are just beginning to come back.
    Gross_PuertoRico037.jpg
  • A child's bicycle lays next to a large concrete dock underwater off Crash Boat Beach, in Puerto Rico's northwest. The dock and marina sustained significant damage during hurricanes Maria and Irma in 2017. Dock pilings were bent right over, destroying the marina, and the life that was living on them, including large sponges and anemonies. In 2020 they are just beginning to come back.
    Gross_PuertoRico034.jpg
  • A child's bicycle lays next to a large concrete dock underwater off Crash Boat Beach, in Puerto Rico's northwest. The dock and marina sustained significant damage during hurricanes Maria and Irma in 2017. Dock pilings were bent right over, destroying the marina, and the life that was living on them, including large sponges and anemonies. In 2020 they are just beginning to come back.
    Gross_PuertoRico032.jpg
  • A child's bicycle lays next to a large concrete dock underwater off Crash Boat Beach, in Puerto Rico's northwest. A stonefish, a master of camoflauge, awaits a meal in the rear tire. The dock and marina sustained significant damage during hurricanes Maria and Irma in 2017. Dock pilings were bent right over, destroying the marina, and the life that was living on them, including large sponges and anemonies. In 2020 they are just beginning to come back.
    Gross_PuertoRico033.jpg
  • Crash Boat Beach, in Puerto Rico's northwest, sustained significant damage during hurricanes Maria and Irma in 2017. These dock pilings were bent right over, destroying the marina, and the life that was living on them, including large sponges and anemonies, were killed. In 2020 they are just beginning to come back.
    Gross_PuertoRico038.jpg
  • A child's bicycle lays next to a large concrete dock underwater off Crash Boat Beach, in Puerto Rico's northwest. The dock and marina sustained significant damage during hurricanes Maria and Irma in 2017. Dock pilings were bent right over, destroying the marina, and the life that was living on them, including large sponges and anemonies. In 2020 they are just beginning to come back.
    Gross_PuertoRico031.jpg
  • Crash Boat Beach, in Puerto Rico's northwest, sustained significant damage during hurricanes Maria and Irma in 2017. These dock pilings were bent right over, destroying the marina, and the life that was living on them, including large sponges and anemonies, were killed. In 2020 they are just beginning to come back.
    Gross_PuertoRico039.jpg
  • Crash Boat Beach, in Puerto Rico's northwest, sustained significant damage during hurricanes Maria and Irma in 2017. These dock pilings were bent right over, destroying the marina, and the life that was living on them, including large sponges and anemonies, were killed. In 2020 they are just beginning to come back.
    Gross_PuertoRico036.jpg
  • Crash Boat Beach, in Puerto Rico's northwest, sustained significant damage during hurricanes Maria and Irma in 2017. These dock pilings were bent right over, destroying the marina, and the life that was living on them, including large sponges and anemonies, were killed. In 2020 they are just beginning to come back.
    Gross_PuertoRico035.jpg
  • In Puerto Rico's southwest, Cabo Rojo, mangrove trees that died during hurricane Maria in 2017 have still not recovered in 2020. Mangroves are the best-known defence in large storms producing large waves. A shoreline is greatly weakened without mangroves.
    Gross_PuertoRico089.jpg
  • The town of El Ojo and the Santa Isabel Wind Farm. Could renewable energy help slow down the power and frequency of hurricanes for Puerto Rico? Many roofs blown off in Hurricane Maria in 2017 are still using blue tarps in 2020.
    Gross_PuertoRico095.jpg
  • The town of El Ojo and the Santa Isabel Wind Farm. Could renewable energy help slow down the power and frequency of hurricanes for Puerto Rico? Many roofs blown off in Hurricane Maria in 2017 are still using blue tarps in 2020.
    Gross_PuertoRico095.jpg
  • A crab walks along a popular beach called Crashboat Beach along Puerto Rico's North West coast. The beach was decimated by hurricane Maria in 2017, destroying the fishing village and marina. in 2020 the sand is still meters lower than before the storm.
    Gross_PuertoRico022.jpg
  • In Puerto Rico's southwest, Cabo Rojo, mangrove trees that died during hurricane Maria in 2017 have still not recovered in 2020. Mangroves are the best-known defence in large storms producing large waves. A shoreline is greatly weakened without mangroves.
    Gross_PuertoRico088.jpg
  • In Puerto Rico's southwest, Cabo Rojo, mangrove trees that died during hurricane Maria in 2017 have still not recovered in 2020. Mangroves are the best-known defence in large storms producing large waves. A shoreline is greatly weakened without mangroves.
    Gross_PuertoRico088.jpg
  • In Puerto Rico's southwest, Cabo Rojo, mangrove trees that died during hurricane Maria in 2017 have still not recovered in 2020. Mangroves are the best-known defence in large storms producing large waves. A shoreline is greatly weakened without mangroves.
    Gross_PuertoRico089.jpg
  • In Puerto Rico's southwest, Cabo Rojo, mangrove trees that died during hurricane Maria in 2017 have still not recovered in 2020. Mangroves are the best-known defence in large storms producing large waves. A shoreline is greatly weakened without mangroves.
    Gross_PuertoRico086.jpg
  • In Puerto Rico's southwest, Cabo Rojo, mangrove trees that died during hurricane Maria in 2017 have still not recovered in 2020. Mangroves are the best-known defence in large storms producing large waves. A shoreline is greatly weakened without mangroves.
    Gross_PuertoRico083.jpg
  • Crashboat Beach along Puerto Rico's North West coast was decimated by hurricane Maria in 2017, destroying the fishing village and much of the marina. in 2020 the sand is still meters lower than before the storm.
    Gross_PuertoRico023.jpg
  • Crashboad Beach along Puerto Rico's North West coast was decimated by hurricane Maria in 2017, destroying the fishing villiage and much of the marina. in 2020 the sand is still meters lower than before the storm.
    Gross_PuertoRico023.jpg
  • In Puerto Rico's southwest, Cabo Rojo, mangrove trees that died during hurricane Maria in 2017 have still not recovered in 2020. Mangroves are the best-known defence in large storms producing large waves. A shoreline is greatly weakened without mangroves.
    Gross_PuertoRico084.jpg
  • In Puerto Rico's southwest, Cabo Rojo, mangrove trees that died during hurricane Maria in 2017 have still not recovered in 2020. Mangroves are the best-known defence in large storms producing large waves. A shoreline is greatly weakened without mangroves.
    Gross_PuertoRico087.jpg
  • In Puerto Rico's southwest, Cabo Rojo, mangrove trees that died during hurricane Maria in 2017 have still not recovered in 2020. Mangroves are the best-known defence in large storms producing large waves. A shoreline is greatly weakened without mangroves.
    Gross_PuertoRico087.jpg
  • In Puerto Rico's southwest, Cabo Rojo, mangrove trees that died during hurricane Maria in 2017 have still not recovered in 2020. Mangroves are the best-known defence in large storms producing large waves. A shoreline is greatly weakened without mangroves.
    Gross_PuertoRico085.jpg
  • In Puerto Rico's southwest, Cabo Rojo, mangrove trees that died during hurricane Maria in 2017 have still not recovered in 2020. Mangroves are the best-known defence in large storms producing large waves. A shoreline is greatly weakened without mangroves.
    Gross_PuertoRico084.jpg
  • A child's bicycle lays next to a large concrete dock underwater off Crash Boat Beach, in Puerto Rico's northwest. The dock and marina sustained significant damage during hurricanes Maria and Irma in 2017. Dock pilings were bent right over, destroying the marina, and the life that was living on them, including large sponges and anemonies. In 2020 they are just beginning to come back.
    Gross_PuertoRico034.jpg
  • After almost three years there are still large areas of dead mangroves in Puerto Rico, like this in Cabo Rojo, after hurrican Maria. Mangroves are a shoreline's best known defence during large storms and important habitat for many bird and fish species.
    Gross_PuertoRico064.jpg
  • After almost three years there are still large areas of dead mangroves in Puerto Rico, like this in Cabo Rojo, after hurrican Maria. Mangroves are a shoreline's best known defence during large storms and important habitat for many bird and fish species.
    Gross_PuertoRico067.jpg
  • After almost three years there are still large areas of dead mangroves in Puerto Rico, like this in Cabo Rojo, after hurrican Maria. Mangroves are a shoreline's best known defence during large storms and important habitat for many bird and fish species.
    Gross_PuertoRico067.jpg
  • After almost three years there are still large areas of dead mangroves in Puerto Rico, like this in Cabo Rojo, after hurrican Maria. Mangroves are a shoreline's best known defence during large storms and important habitat for many bird and fish species.
    Gross_PuertoRico063.jpg
  • After almost three years there are still large areas of dead mangroves in Puerto Rico, like this in Cabo Rojo, after hurrican Maria. Mangroves are a shoreline's best known defence during large storms and important habitat for many bird and fish species.
    Gross_PuertoRico062.jpg
  • After almost three years there are still large areas of dead mangroves in Puerto Rico, like this in Cabo Rojo, after hurrican Maria. Mangroves are a shoreline's best known defence during large storms and important habitat for many bird and fish species.
    Gross_PuertoRico062.jpg
  • Crash Boat Beach, in Puerto Rico's northwest, sustained significant damage during hurricanes Maria and Irma in 2017. These dock pilings were bent right over, destroying the marina, and the life that was living on them, including large sponges and anemonies, were killed. In 2020 they are just beginning to come back.
    Gross_PuertoRico035.jpg
  • Mangroves hold sediments and can form barrier islands like these off Parguera, Puerto Rico, one of the few areas that faired well during hurricanes Maria and Irma in 2017.
    Gross_PuertoRico015.jpg
  • Mangroves hold sediments and can form barrier islands like these off Parguera, Puerto Rico, one of the few areas that faired well during hurricanes Maria and Irma in 2017.
    Gross_PuertoRico011.jpg
  • Crash Boat Beach, in Puerto Rico's northwest, sustained significant damage during hurricanes Maria and Irma in 2017. These dock pilings were bent right over, destroying the marina, and the life that was living on them, including large sponges and anemonies, were killed. In 2020 they are just beginning to come back.
    Gross_PuertoRico037.jpg
  • Mangroves hold sediments and can form barrier islands like these off Parguera, Puerto Rico, one of the few areas that faired well during hurricanes Maria and Irma in 2017.
    Gross_PuertoRico015.jpg
  • Crash Boat Beach, in Puerto Rico's northwest, sustained significant damage during hurricanes Maria and Irma in 2017. These dock pilings were bent right over, destroying the marina, and the life that was living on them, including large sponges and anemonies, were killed. In 2020 they are just beginning to come back.
    Gross_PuertoRico041.jpg
  • Mangroves hold sediments and can form barrier islands like these off Parguera, Puerto Rico, one of the few areas that faired well during hurricanes Maria and Irma in 2017.
    Gross_PuertoRico011.jpg
  • Red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) habitat with shoal of Silversides (Atherinomorus lacunosus), Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20200706-500_1892.jpg
  • A tourist walks through a mangrove boardwalk off La Parguera, Puerto Rico. Mangroves are not only the best known defence against storm surge, they are also beautiful and, when done right, can be a sustainable tourist attraction.
    Gross_PuertoRico012.jpg
  • A tourist walks through a mangrove boardwalk off La Parguera, Puerto Rico. Mangroves are not only the best known defence against storm surge, they are also beautiful and, when done right, can be a sustainable tourist attraction.
    Gross_PuertoRico012.jpg
  • Red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) propagules, the "seeds", become fully mature plants before dropping off the parent tree to drift away and establish a new tree. Image made in The Bahamas.
    20200706-500_1881.jpg
  • Red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) habitat with shoal of Silversides (Atherinomorus lacunosus), Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20200706-500_1959.jpg
  • A grey snapper fish (Lutjanus griseus) hunting silversides (Atherinomorus lacunosus) among red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) roots, Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20200709-500_2269.jpg
  • Mangroves, like these off Parguera, Puerto Rico, are the best known defense against large storm surge. Protecting them protects communities from hurricanes. Parguera was one of the few places that faired relatively well against the double hurricanes of 2017.
    Gross_PuertoRico016.jpg
  • Mangroves, like these off Parguera, Puerto Rico, are the best known defense against large storm surge. Protecting them protects communities from hurricanes. Parguera was one of the few places that faired relatively well against the double hurricanes of 2017.
    Gross_PuertoRico016.jpg
  • Puerto Rico has many homes, like these in Parguera, literally on the water making them highly vulnerable to large storms like hurricanes.
    Gross_PuertoRico006.jpg
  • Puerto Rico has many homes, like these in Parguera, literally on the water making them highly vulnerable to large storms like hurricanes.
    Gross_PuertoRico007.jpg
  • Puerto Rico has many homes, like these in Parguera, literally on the water making them highly vulnerable to large storms like hurricanes.
    Gross_PuertoRico008.jpg
  • Puerto Rico has many homes, like these in Parguera, literally on the water making them highly vulnerable to large storms like hurricanes.
    Gross_PuertoRico006.jpg
  • Puerto Rico has many homes, like these in Parguera, literally on the water making them highly vulnerable to large storms like hurricanes.
    Gross_PuertoRico007.jpg
  • Puerto Rico has many homes, like these in Parguera, literally on the water making them highly vulnerable to large storms like hurricanes.
    Gross_PuertoRico008.jpg
  • Commercial fisherman Andres Maldonado searches for his first spot of the morning off Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. He noticed drastic and obvious declines in fishing after Hurricane Maria in 2017 which put many other commercial fisherman out of business. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico057.jpg
  • Commercial fisherman Andres Maldonado catches a Caribbean spiny lobster off Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. He noticed drastic and obvious declines in fish numbers and habitat availbale after Hurricane Maria in 2017 which put many other commercial fisherman out of business. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico082.jpg
  • Commercial fisherman Andres Maldonado hunts for more lionfish after spearing several of the invasive species off Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. He noticed drastic and obvious declines in fish numbers and habitat availbale after Hurricane Maria in 2017 which put many other commercial fisherman out of business. Lionfish eat native fish and contribute to fish declines, compounding the problem. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico070.jpg
  • Commercial fisherman Andres Maldonado takes a triggerfish off his spear near Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. He noticed drastic and obvious declines in fish numbers and habitat availbale after Hurricane Maria in 2017 which put many other commercial fisherman out of business. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico068.jpg
  • Commercial fisherman Andres Maldonado, with a hogfish in his bag, hunts lobsters and fish off Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. He noticed drastic and obvious declines in fish numbers and habitat availbale after Hurricane Maria in 2017 which put many other commercial fisherman out of business.
    Gross_PuertoRico080.jpg
  • Commercial fisherman Andres Maldonado hunts lobsters and fish off Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. He noticed drastic and obvious declines in fish numbers and habitat availbale after Hurricane Maria in 2017 which put many other commercial fisherman out of business. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico079.jpg
  • Commercial fisherman Andres Maldonado shows off a juvenile queen conch (Lobatus gigas) off Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. The conch was too small to keep so he set it back on the seabed after the image was made. Andres noticed drastic and obvious declines in fish numbers and habitat availbale after Hurricane Maria in 2017 which put many other commercial fisherman out of business. Queen conch, once his main catch, were completely wiped out at depths under 70 feet. In 2020, three years after the storms, he is starting to find the odd juvenile, but he must rely on other species to make a living. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico077.jpg
  • Commercial fisherman Andres Maldonado goes on the hunt for lobster, conch, and various fish species off Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. He noticed drastic and obvious declines in fish numbers and habitat availbale after Hurricane Maria in 2017 which put many other commercial fisherman out of business. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico072.jpg
  • Commercial fisherman Andres Maldonado rises to the surface with a bag of lionfish after spearing several of the invasive species off Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. He noticed drastic and obvious declines in fish numbers and habitat availbale after Hurricane Maria in 2017 which put many other commercial fisherman out of business. Lionfish eat native fish and contribute to fish declines. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico071.jpg
  • Commercial fisherman Andres Maldonado cleans a triggerfish near Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. He noticed drastic and obvious declines in fish numbers and habitat availbale after Hurricane Maria in 2017 which put many other commercial fisherman out of business.
    Gross_PuertoRico060.jpg
  • Commercial fisherman Andres Maldonado surfaces from his first dive of the morning off Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. He noticed drastic and obvious declines in fish numbers and habitat availbale after Hurricane Maria in 2017 which put many other commercial fisherman out of business. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico059.jpg
  • Commercial fisherman Andres Maldonado prepares for his first dive of the morning off Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. He noticed drastic and obvious declines in fish numbers and habitat availbale after Hurricane Maria in 2017 which put many other commercial fisherman out of business. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico058.jpg
  • Commercial fisherman Andres Maldonado goes on the hunt for lobster, conch, and various fish species off Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. He noticed drastic and obvious declines in fish numbers and habitat availbale after Hurricane Maria in 2017 which put many other commercial fisherman out of business. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico072.jpg
  • Commercial fisherman Andres Maldonado cuts the venomous spines off a lionfish after spearing the invasive species off Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. He noticed drastic and obvious declines in fish numbers and habitat availbale after Hurricane Maria in 2017 which put many other commercial fisherman out of business. Lionfish eat native fish and contribute to fish declines. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico069.jpg
  • Commercial fisherman Andres Maldonado prepares for his first dive of the morning off Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. He noticed drastic and obvious declines in fish numbers and habitat availbale after Hurricane Maria in 2017 which put many other commercial fisherman out of business. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico058.jpg
  • Commercial fisherman Andres Maldonado catches a Caribbean spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) off Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. He noticed drastic and obvious declines in fish numbers and habitat availbale after Hurricane Maria in 2017 which put many other commercial fisherman out of business. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico075.jpg
  • Commercial fisherman Andres Maldonado catches a Caribbean spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) off Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. He noticed drastic and obvious declines in fish numbers and habitat availbale after Hurricane Maria in 2017 which put many other commercial fisherman out of business. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico075.jpg
  • In Puerto Rico's Cabo Rojo, washed up trash and dead mangrove trees still dominate some areas almost three years after hurricane Maria in 2017.
    20200228-DSC_1202.jpg
  • Commercial fisherman Andres Maldonado takes a hogfish off his spear near Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. He noticed drastic and obvious declines in fish numbers and habitat availbale after Hurricane Maria in 2017 which put many other commercial fisherman out of business. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico081.jpg
  • Commercial fisherman Andres Maldonado rises to the surface with a bag of lobsters and fish after a dive off Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. He noticed drastic and obvious declines in fish numbers and habitat availbale after Hurricane Maria in 2017 which put many other commercial fisherman out of business. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico078.jpg
  • Commercial fisherman Andres Maldonado goes on the hunt for lobster, conch, and various fish species off Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. He noticed drastic and obvious declines in fish numbers and habitat availbale after Hurricane Maria in 2017 which put many other commercial fisherman out of business. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico073.jpg
  • Commercial fisherman Andres Maldonado catches a Caribbean spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) off Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. He noticed drastic and obvious declines in fish numbers and habitat availbale after Hurricane Maria in 2017 which put many other commercial fisherman out of business. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico074.jpg
  • Commercial fisherman Andres Maldonado cuts the venomous spines off a lionfish after spearing the invasive species off Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. He noticed drastic and obvious declines in fish numbers and habitat availbale after Hurricane Maria in 2017 which put many other commercial fisherman out of business. Lionfish eat native fish and contribute to fish declines. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico069.jpg
  • Mangroves hold sediments and can form barrier islands like these off Parguera, Puerto Rico, one of the few areas that faired well during hurricane Maria and Irma in 2017.
    Gross_PuertoRico024.jpg
  • How do you restore 9000 acres of seagrass? One handful at a time. A volunteer with The Nature Conservancy grabs a handful of eelgrass (Zostera marina) flowering shoots, containing seeds. The seeds will be used to contribute to the world's largest seagrass restoration project off Virginia's East Coast.<br />
<br />
Seagrass sequesters carbon more efficiently than rainforests and this technique is being repeated now off the coast of the United Kingdom. These restorations could really help in our fight against climate change.<br />
<br />
Seagrass in the area was wiped out by disease, bottom trawling and a hurricane in 1933, killing a major scallop fishery in the process. In the early 2000's Dr. Robert J. Orth started the restoration project with the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. To date, the project has restored over 9000 acres of seagrass meadows. The benefits are already showing and a recreational scallop fishery may be in the near future.
    Solutions.jpg
  • How do you restore 9000 acres of seagrass? One handful at a time. A volunteer with The Nature Conservancy grabs a handful of eelgrass (Zostera marina) flowering shoots, containing seeds. The seeds will be used to contribute to the world's largest seagrass restoration project off Virginia's East Coast. <br />
<br />
Seagrass in the area was wiped out by disease, bottom trawling and a hurricane in 1933, killing a major scallop fishery in the process. In the early 2000's Dr. Robert J. Orth started the restoration project with the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. To date, the project has restored over 9000 acres of seagrass meadows. The benefits are already showing and a recreational scallop fishery may be in the near future.
    Seagrass Restoration
  • How do you restore 9000 acres of seagrass? One handful at a time. A volunteer with The Nature Conservancy grabs a handful of eelgrass (Zostera marina) flowering shoots, containing seeds. The seeds will be used to contribute to the world's largest seagrass restoration project off Virginia's East Coast. <br />
<br />
Seagrass in the area was wiped out by disease, bottom trawling and a hurricane in 1933, killing a major scallop fishery in the process. In the early 2000's Dr. Robert J. Orth started the restoration project with the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. To date, the project has restored over 9000 acres of seagrass meadows. The benefits are already showing and a recreational scallop fishery may be in the near future.
    Seagrass Restoration
  • How do you restore 9000 acres of seagrass? One handful at a time. A volunteer with The Nature Conservancy grabs a handful of eelgrass (Zostera marina) flowering shoots, containing seeds. The seeds will be used to contribute to the world's largest seagrass restoration project off Virginia's East Coast. <br />
<br />
Seagrass in the area was wiped out by disease, bottom trawling and a hurricane in 1933, killing a major scallop fishery in the process. In the early 2000's Dr. Robert J. Orth started the restoration project with the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. To date, the project has restored over 9000 acres of seagrass meadows. The benefits are already showing and a recreational scallop fishery may be in the near future.
    20190528-500_6631sm.jpg
  • A swimmer excites microscopic dinoflagellates into producing bioluminescence while boats enter the bay in the background. The Bio Bay near Parguera, Puerto Rico, is one of only five in the world and is a major tourist attraction. When the double hurricanes hit in 2017 two of Puerto Rico's three Bio Bays went dark, just like the cities, hurting tourism and jobs for months, if not years to come.
    Gross_PuertoRico026.jpg
  • Swimmers with orange life-jackets excite microscopic dinoflagellates into producing bioluminescence. The Bio Bay near Parguera, Puerto Rico, is one of only five in the world and is a major tourist attraction. When the double hurricanes hit in 2017 two of Puerto Rico's three Bio Bays went dark, just like the cities, hurting tourism and jobs for months, if not years to come.
    Gross_PuertoRico025.jpg
  • Mangroves replaced by walls have proven to be less effective at mitigating the effects of large storms like hurricanes.
    The Wall
  • The Guajataca dam in northern Puerto Rico was severely damaged by the 2017 hurricanes. By all accounts it was very close to collapsing completely which would have flooded some 70,000 people. At the time, all 70,000 were advised to evacuate. Emergency repairs kept the worst from happening, but 10,000 residents and farmers have since struggled with water management.
    Gross_PuertoRico056.jpg
  • A swimmer with an orange life preserver excites microscopic dinoflagellates into producing bioluminescence. The Bio Bay near Parguera, Puerto Rico, is one of only five in the world and is a major tourist attraction. When the double hurricanes hit in 2017 two of Puerto Rico's three Bio Bays went dark, just like the cities, hurting tourism and jobs for months, if not years to come.
    Gross_PuertoRico028.jpg
  • Swimmers with orange life-jackets excite microscopic dinoflagellates into producing bioluminescence. The Bio Bay near Parguera, Puerto Rico, is one of only five in the world and is a major tourist attraction. When the double hurricanes hit in 2017 two of Puerto Rico's three Bio Bays went dark, just like the cities, hurting tourism and jobs for months, if not years to come.
    Gross_PuertoRico025.jpg
  • Where humans go, so to does trash. A mangrove island off Parguera, which helped protect the area during the 2017 double hurricanes, is also a popular party stop for tourists.
    Gross_PuertoRico013.jpg
  • Gumball machines filled with fish food line a tourist dock in Parguera, Puerto Rico, to feed the protected tarpon fish. This area of Puerto Rico was one of the least hit during the double hurricanes of 2017.
    Gross_PuertoRico043.jpg
  • Gumball machines filled with fish food line a tourist dock in Parguera, Puerto Rico, to feed the protected tarpon fish. This area of Puerto Rico was one of the least hit during the double hurricanes of 2017.
    Gross_PuertoRico042.jpg
  • A swimmer excites microscopic dinoflagellates into producing bioluminescence while boats enter the bay in the background. The Bio Bay near Parguera, Puerto Rico, is one of only five in the world and is a major tourist attraction. When the double hurricanes hit in 2017 two of Puerto Rico's three Bio Bays went dark, just like the cities, hurting tourism and jobs for months, if not years to come.
    Gross_PuertoRico027.jpg
  • The Guajataca dam in northern Puerto Rico was severely damaged by the 2017 hurricanes. By all accounts it was very close to collapsing completely which would have flooded some 70,000 people. At the time, all 70,000 were advised to evacuate. Emergency repairs kept the worst from happening, but 10,000 residents and farmers have since struggled with water management.
    Gross_PuertoRico056.jpg
  • Gumball machines filled with fish food line a tourist dock in Parguera, Puerto Rico, to feed the protected tarpon fish. This area of Puerto Rico was one of the least hit during the double hurricanes of 2017.
    Gross_PuertoRico042.jpg
  • Mangroves replaced by walls have proven to be less effective at mitigating the effects of large storms like hurricanes.
    LemonSharkStory11.jpg
  • A swimmer with an orange life preserver excites microscopic dinoflagellates into producing bioluminescence. The Bio Bay near Parguera, Puerto Rico, is one of only five in the world and is a major tourist attraction. When the double hurricanes hit in 2017 two of Puerto Rico's three Bio Bays went dark, just like the cities, hurting tourism and jobs for months, if not years to come.
    Bio Bay.jpg
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