The Great Barrier Reef Has Escaped Death at Least 5 Times in The Past 30,000 Years

[Judi Lynn]

Is it more resilient than we think?

JACINTA BOWLER 29 MAY 2018
For the last 30,000 years the Great Barrier Reef has experienced all kinds of sea level rises, temperature changes, and sediment increases.

But despite a staggering five near-death experiences for the reef, it kept bouncing back - at least in the past.

A new study by a group of international researchers looked at fossil reef cores at 16 sites across North Queensland in Australia.

"Here we document the evolution of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), the world's largest reef system, to major, abrupt environmental changes over the past 30 thousand years based on comprehensive sedimentological, biological and geochronological records from fossil reef cores," the researchers wrote.

More:
https://www.sciencealert.com/the-great-barrier-reef-has-has-narrowly-escaped-death-at-least-five-times

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