Sydney (Australia), November 20 (EFE). – A group of scientists has developed for the first time a digital map of the entire area covered by the Great Barrier Reef, located in the northeast of Australia, declared a World Heritage Site in 1981, local media reported today.
Australian and German scientists have created a 3D map that includes data on the depth of this area of ??over 350,000 square kilometers, which until now almost half of the shallow waters were not captured in digital documents.
expert James Cook University, Robin Beaman, told ABC station that the map can see how each reef, lagoon location of each and every detail of this ecosystem, will help to understand the threats and how to protect it.
For starfish “Acanthaster planci” known as crown of thorns and voracious coral predator, the map help you understand “how they interact as larvae and flow in and around the coral, which can enable travelers to see and predict where the next outbreak, “he added.
The Australian Institute of Marine Science last year warned that the Great Barrier Reef has lost more than half its coral in the last 27 years, mainly by storms and crowns of thorns.
Great Barrier, which houses 400 types of coral, 1,500 species of fish and 4,000 types of mollusks, began to deteriorate in the 1990s by the double impact of warming seawater and increased its acidity by the increased presence of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
(Reuters)
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