Creating reefs around the city's harbor is one component of Mayor Bloomberg's storm protection plan, and a Stanford marine ecologist has pulled together data showing just how much reefs and other natural coastal habitats are already protecting city dwellers from storms. In New York, if the existing natural barriers were removed, another 300,000 people would be living in high-risk areas. Click through to the Atlantic Cities for all the charts 'n' graphs. [Atlantic Cities; previously]
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