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[ad_1] It was a depressing inevitability, if expected, when the Rowley Shoals of Western Australia showed the first signs of mass coral bleaching earlier this year, but a follow-up survey found that a Notable recovery seems likely to preserve the reef’s near pristine health – at least for now. Tom …

[ad_1] Researchers have discovered a new skyscraper-high coral reef in the waters off Cape York in northern Queensland. The “detached” coral reef – the first to be discovered in more than 120 years – is about 1.5 kilometers long and rises from over 500 meters to 40 meters below the …