Enormous Coral Reef Taller than Empire State Building Discovered on Great Barrier Reef

A huge, detached coral reef measuring over 1,600 feet in height has been discovered on Australia's Great Barrier Reef—the first to be found in over 120 years. The reef was found on October 20 during an underwater mapping expedition of the northern section of the Great Barrier Reef seafloor. After the initial dive, researchers with the Schmidt Ocean Institute carried out another expedition to the site to confirm the discovery.

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