In the backyard of the city hosting #SuperbowlLIV, you’ll find the only near-shore #coralreef in the continental U.S. "America’s Great Barrier Reef" is so ecologically valuable that it has grown to play a major economic role in Florida's economy, (according to #NOAA: $8.5 billion) for fisheries, tourism, and storm protection, among much more. However since the '70s, the reef has declined by over 80 percent. Follow the team from @Scripps Oceanography, Mote Marine Lab, and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution as they survey 250 miles of the Florida reef tract over two weeks on a mission to save this #ecosystem. #oceanx