Categories In The News Floods And Finance: Placing Dollar Values On Coral Reefs Post author By Post date August 14, 2018 Research Associate Dalton Hesley of University of Miami collects staghorn coral to be replanted Pedro Portal/TNS/ZUMA The top layers of corals reduce the cost of storms by an average of $4 billion annually, a new study finds. Tags climate change, hurricanes, money, nature, protection, reefs, united states