Florida’s Coral Reef: A Historically Undervalued Reef and the “Diving Capital of the World” are at Odds
Key Largo is the self-proclaimed “Diving Capital of the World”, and it deserves the title. Interestingly enough, on the same reef tract, now called Florida’s Coral Reef, just about 50 miles or so from Key Largo, is a historically undervalued reef that recently received aquatic preserve status, but still really needs our help.
Coral Reefs: Not Just Beautiful Ecosystems but Integral to Human Survival
Billions of people around the world depend on coral reefs, and every single living thing relies on the ocean. We are interconnected in every way. If we lose our most delicate ecosystems like coral reefs, humans are not far behind.