2016年5月12日 星期四

Great Barrier Reef: devastating images tell story of coral colonies' destruction



Lizard Island National Park
Queensland
IUCN category II (national park)
Lizard Island National Park is located in Queensland
Lizard Island National Park
Lizard Island National Park
Nearest town or cityCooktown


Lizard Island is a national park on an island of the same name on the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland (Australia), 1624 km northwest of Brisbane and part of the Lizard Island Group that also includes Palfrey Island. Lizard Island is within Cook Shire.[1]


“These photos show a story... The shocking thing to think about is what you’re seeing there is happening over a 1000-kilometre stretch of the reef; to at least half of it. An area of the Great Barrier Reef the size of Scotland has coral that is dying right now. Or dead. Probably dead.”
Exclusive: a series of images taken from around Lizard Island reveal the…
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