Owing to climate change and ocean acidification, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef which was regarded as one of the largest living structures on our planet earth is no more. Scientists share that this living spectacle was 25-million years old. The Great Barrier Reef that measured 1,400 miles long, with 2,900 individual reefs and 1,050 islands was also visible from space. It was home to 1,625 species of fish, 3,000 species of mollusk, 450 species of coral, 220 species of birds, and 30 species of whales and dolphins.
Scientists point out that this largest breeding ground of green turtles is no more because of the increasingly common and extensive bleaching events caused by warming seas among other factors like increasingly acidic waters. In a nut-shell, The Great Barrier Reef in Australia passed away this year due to prolonged illness. Environmentalists have gone on record to admit that only serious efforts could have saved this UNESCO declared World Heritage Site that was home to the most impressive marine area in the world.
Scientists point out that this largest breeding ground of green turtles is no more because of the increasingly common and extensive bleaching events caused by warming seas among other factors like increasingly acidic waters. In a nut-shell, The Great Barrier Reef in Australia passed away this year due to prolonged illness. Environmentalists have gone on record to admit that only serious efforts could have saved this UNESCO declared World Heritage Site that was home to the most impressive marine area in the world.