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Scientists discover 500 metre-tall skyscraper reef at Australia’s Great Barrier Reef – The Guardian
The detached reef, taller than the Empire State Building, was discovered at the northern end of the Great Barrier Reef off Cape York
Australian scientists have discovered a detached reef more than 500 metres high taller than the Empire State Building at the northern end of the Great Barrier Reef.
The blade-like vertical reef about 130km off Cape York, Australias north-eastern tip, was found during a 3D seabed mapping exercise conducted from a ship owned by the Californian non-profit Schmidt Ocean Institute.
Tom Bridge, from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University and the expeditions principal…
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