Elkhorn coral in Cuban waters. (Courtesy Abel Valdivia)
Common ground, out at sea
Cuba and the US share a marine ecosystem. Can they work together to protect their reefs and sea creatures?
HAVANA, Cuba — The sharks, sea turtles and other miscellaneous underwater creatures that roam the Gulf of Mexico could care less about the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba, or the island’s one-party communist state. So why should such terrestrial concerns get in the way of marine research?
That appears to be the logic behind a growing partnership between scientists in the...
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