AUSTRALIA’S NATURAL WONDER The Great Barrier Reef

Frente a la costa noreste de Australia se extiende la Gran Barrera de Coral, una de las estructuras naturales más impresionantes del mundo. Formada hace nueve mil años, hablamos con la fundación de científicos que vela por su supervivencia.

by ELENA LIVORNI

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef1 stands as one of the world’s seven natural wonders and enjoys protection as a UNESCO World Heritage site2. Made up of over three thousand individual coral reefs, the Great Barrier Reef was formed over nine thousand years ago due to a rapid rise3 in sea levels. Spanning4 an area roughly5 equivalent to Italy, it is the largest coral reef on Earth. ENIGMATIC CREATURES When we picture6 the Great Barrier Reef, we might think only of corals, but it is actually home to many different habitats, communities and species. Corals themselves are enigmatic creatures; they look like plants or algae but they are actually invertebrate animals, part of the same group as jellyfish7 and sea anemones. The Great Barrier Reef is one of the most complex ecosystems…

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