The fragile ecosystem has been battered by mass tourism and global warming. Could travel become part of the solution?
It’s a convergence of more than 600 known types of coral – visible from outer space, and forming the largest living structure on the planet, home to thousands of marine species. Since the advent of scuba, the Great Barrier Reef has been a universal allegory for nature’s beauty and abundance, surpassing even the rainforest for biodiversity. But today the Reef is one of the most conspicuous victims of anthropogenic climate change.
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