The vast barrier reef in Australia is home to over 1,500 species of fish, 411 species of coral, along with dozens of other species. But since 1995, it has lost more than half of its corals due to warmer waters and climate change. Recently, one of these pieces of coral was discovered. And it’s big. It is 1,600 feet high, in fact, making it the tallest building of the Empire State Building.
Not only that, but the coral is healthy and thriving. The coral has a healthy ecosystem and a “fish drift,” chief scientist Dr Robin Beaman told Reuters. “We are amazed and amazed by what we find.”
Even better, the coral showed no evidence of damage, even though the section of the large barrier reef was found in a familiar swell in 2016. Blowing occurs when the water swells. grows too warm, which then causes the coral to destroy live algae. calcify and turn bright.
The coral was found off the coast of North Queensland. Since the late 1800s, a further seven separate reefs have been discovered in this area, but this is the first time this size has been found in 120 years.
ROV Dive 401 (Pt B) – a recently discovered 500m high reef
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The coral was discovered when a team of scientists from James Cook University mapped the northern bottom of the Great Barrier Reef using an underwater robot called SuBastian. The scientists also collected samples, which will be deposited and deposited in the Queensland Museum and the Tropical Museum of Queensland.
“To find a new half-kilometer-high reef in the offshore Cape York area of the famous Great Barrier Reef reveals the secrets of the world just beyond our coastline,” said Jyotika Virmani, executive director Schmidt Ocean Institute in a statement The Schmidt Ocean Institute was behind the trip, and is a nonprofit that supports a marine study founded by Eric Schmidt who was head of Google and his wife Wendy.
The Great Barrier Reef, which stretches over 1,400 miles, was declared a World Heritage site in 1981. Unfortunately, the Great Barrier Reef experienced swell events in 2016 and 2017. After that is, the number of newborn corals fell 89% lower than historically. average amount. Moreover, the new corals were not as large and branched as they used to be, leading some to believe that the ocean habitat will never be the same again. The Great Barrier Reef has been in blows before, and has generally receded, but the size of the blows in 2016 and 2017 is worrying.
Although climate change is changing more than just the climate, it is good to know that there is marine life that, in some ways, is still thriving.
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