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New Discoveries: How the Great Barrier Reef Was Formed

It is 300 times larger than any other coral reef on our planet. But how and when was the Great Barrier Reef formed? New measurement methods have now provided access to the answers – formed deep down on the ocean floor hundreds of thousands of years ago – and simultaneously reveal today's threats to the world's largest living organism.

New Discoveries: How the Great Barrier Reef Was Formed

New discoveries: How the Great Barrier Reef was formed

It is 300 times larger than any other coral reef on our planet. But how and when was the Great Barrier Reef formed? New measurement methods have now provided access to the answers – formed deep down on the ocean floor hundreds of thousands of years ago – and simultaneously reveal today's threats to the world's largest living organism.

New discoveries: How the Great Barrier Reef was formed