Along Queensland’s Great Barrier Reef, curious visitors can witness an innovative new coral restoration project and help scientists monitor its success.
The United Nations has issued an urgent call for increased funding to protect coral reefs ... $3 billion by 2030 for reef protection. More DAVID GRAY/AFP via Getty Images "Protecting our ocean ...
The massive coral is not a coral reef, structures that can be far larger but are comprised of many distinct coral colonies, they explained. "While Big Momma looked like a huge scoop of ice ...
Unlike a reef, which consists of many colonies ... Scientists later checked satellite images and found the coral is so colossal, it was possible to see it from space. Up close, the coral ...