Great Barrier Reef in danger from Queensland floods
One of the ecological wonders of the world, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is severely threatened by the Queensland floods.
The pristine waters of the vast 1,400-mile reef system, home to thousands of exotic and often endangered marine species, from whales and dolphins, seabirds and tropical fish to tiny coral polyps, are threatened by huge volumes of polluted floodwater flowing out from the Queensland coast.
Already the brown flood “plume” has been detected offshore over a huge expanse of sea, stretching more than 1,000 miles from Cooktown in northern Queensland to Grafton, south of Brisbane in northern New South Wales. But it is in the center of this area – the Barrier Reef’s southern sector – that the threat is greatest.
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The idea of such widespread environmental destruction depresses me.
I lived in northern Queensland for 6 months, the Barrier Reef was my playground, it’s a tragedy.