The coral measures roughly 111 meters in length and covers an area about half the size of a soccer field. Jan Pope, with 35 years of diving experience on the Great Barrier Reef, discovered it during a recent Great Reef Census, a citizen science initiative that employs crowd-sourced images to track coral coverage across the reef.
(c) Yanguang Lan

Riesige Korallenkolonie am Great Barrier Reef entdeckt

THE GUARDIAN

Eine gewaltige, 111 Meter lange Koralle wurde während einer Bürgerzählung am Great Barrier Reef gefunden. Das Naturwunder ist so groß wie ein halbes Fußballfeld und wurde vom Taucher Jan Pope gesichtet. Dieser Erfolg zeigt, wie wertvoll gemeinschaftliche Forschung für den Schutz unserer Meere weltweit ist.

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