Can A Giant Floating Pumice Rock "Raft" Help Restore Australia's Great Barrier Reef?

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Scientists hope a giant pumice rock floating in the Pacific Ocean will help restore the Great Barrier Reef (Credit: NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey)

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, home to over 1,500 fish species and countless other marine animals, is in trouble. Rising ocean temperatures, attributed to climate change, have destroyed about half of its coral since 1998. On August 30, 2019, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority downgraded the ecosystem's condition from "poor" to "very poor" and warned that the window of opportunity to save it was rapidly closing. Now, some scientists are hoping that a gigantic piece of pumice stone currently floating towards Australia will aid in the recovery of the world's largest coral reef system.

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  • am-olm1
    am-olm1약 6년
    Hopefully we can save the coral reef. I love all types of animals, aquatic to terrestrial. #SAVE THE TURTLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    • rylalegu-156952428886
      rylalegu-156952428886약 6년
      That was an interesting topic.
      • rylalegu-156952428886
        rylalegu-156952428886약 6년
        I thought it was interesting that the lava from a underwater volcanic explosion cooled at the surface of the water and hardened into a sheet of porous stones.
        • Bot약 6년
          Love this text! Hopefully we can succeed in saving the coral reefs, as well as the ocean itself! It is absolutely devastating that the beautiful creations of mother nature are being destroyed, let alone the fact there is global warming. #SaveTheOcean #SaveTheTurtles
          • keri약 6년
            Lets save the ocean
            • Max Park Cubing약 6년
              hopefully, the great coral reefs are saved!
              • E약 6년
                It’s sad that our world has become this ;( But hopefully we will make it better in the future :D
                • kaileen약 6년
                  thats cool
                  • 2sN1a0HC약 6년
                    This is great! Thank goodness we are protecting the ocean. #savetheocean
                    • qwsxdffvbhjnmk,약 6년
                      this info is awsome

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