Great Barrier Reef
April 13th 2010 21:42
Australia's Great Barrier Reef narrowly avoided environmental disaster after a ship ran aground on its reefs. A look at sealife in the famed marine park.
A Ctenophore or Comb Jellyfish collected off Wassteri reef, Heron Island in far north Queensland, is seen in this undated photo obtained September 18, 2008. Australian scientists have discovered hundreds of new coral and marine species on the Great Barrier Reef and Ningaloo Reef which they say will improve monitoring reef biodiversity and the impact of climate change. Three expeditions to the reefs over four years to collect the first inventory of soft corals, found 300 soft corals of which 130 were new species, said a report released on Friday.
Credit: REUTERS/Queensland Museum/Gary Cranitch/Handout (AUSTRALIA)(AUSTRALIA). FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS.
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