Topic: James Porter
Sub-par sewage systems: Lessons learned from Florida
In the Florida Keys, a disease called ‘white pox’ almost wiped out the elkhorn coral on local reefs in the 1990s and 2000s, before a team of scientists proved that a human pathogen, spread through improperly treated effluent, was the cause, and politicians and the local community took a stand to save the coral and improve the quality of the coastal waters.
