NOAA unveils new tool for exploring coral reef data

Through the socioeconomic dashboard, users can explore residents’ perceptions and awareness of coral reef health and ways people use the resource. Credit: NOAA

NOAA’s National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) launched a new data visualization tool today, which will provide free and easy-to-access information on the status of U.S. coral reefs. It is the first tool focusing on shallow tropical coral reef data to be hosted on the NOAA GeoPlatform, which is NOAA’s central hub for geospatial…

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News Source: phys.org