A massive coral reef structure has been found completely unaffected by the ‘coral bleaching’ that devastated nearby coral reefs in the same area. Scuba divers with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) were overwhelmed by the discovery and hope that it will lead to more unintentionally preserved ecosystems being uncovered.
It is no secret that the natural world now is one which would be virtually unrecognisable to our ancestors. Not all that long ago, it would have been unsurprising to return from a fishing trip with nets full to bursting – now you’d be lucky if you caught enough to fill one net. However, depletion […]