A satellite photo from the Allen Coral Atlas showing shallow coral reefs off Fiji. University of Queensland
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A new study led by researchers at Australia’s University of Queensland (UQ) has found that the planet has more coral reef area than previously believed.
Scientists have identified 134,364 square miles of shallow coral reefs at depths of up to 65.6 to 98.4 feet deep, according to Dr. Mitchell Lyons of the School of the Environment at UQ and the Allen Coral Atlas project, a press release from UQ said.
“This revises up our previous estimate of shallow reefs in the world’s oceans,” Lyons said in the press release. “Importantly, the high-resolution,…
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