By Cyndi Edwards – Hurricane Maria ripped through Puerto Rico. Coral reefs on the island were shattered by the storm. Force blue is a nonprofit made up of special operations combat veterans that use their diving skills to restore and preserve the oceans around the globe.
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By LifeFlip Media – They protected our country with their lives. Now, these special ops veterans are on a new mission: restore decimated coral reefs across the planet, and in the process, heal themselves.
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By NOAA Fisheries – A partnership between NOAA, FEMA, nonprofits and a local enterprise is one of many engaging military veterans and restoring important ecosystems—this time helping revive coral reefs in the Caribbean.
Read moreBy NOAA – A team of military veterans is putting their hard-earned skills toward a different challenge: Restoring damaged corals in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico. Divers from Force Blue — in partnership with NOAA, Sea Ventures Incorporated, the Ocean Conservancy and many others — recently kicked off off a two-month mission to stabilize and perform emergency restoration on coral damaged off the coast of Puerto Rico during last year’s hurricanes.
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