It’s more than 100 feet long, at least 300 years old and visible from space. The world’s largest coral has just been discovered in the southwest Pacific Ocean, scientists announced Wednesday.
FILE - during a scientific expedition launched by the National Geographic Pristine Seas program in October to study ocean health in the Solomon Islands.It’s three times larger than the previous record-breaker in American Samoa, according to Pristine Seas, and longer than a blue whale, the planet’s biggest animal.
Up close, the coral morphs into something spectacular, with its complex network of polyps — tiny individual creatures that have grown over centuries to form this enormous coral — and splashes of vivid purples, yellows, blues and reds breaking up its brown hue. For the Solomon Islands, the mega coral could attract researchers, tourists and boost conservation funding, said Dennis Marita, the country’s director of culture at the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. “This is something huge for our community,” he said.
Yet while the mega coral remains vulnerable, he believes its health and longevity do provide a glimmer of hope. “The survival of this coral, which is hundreds of years old, illustrates that all is not lost for coral reefs,” Manzello told CNN. “This is a really cool finding to hear about!,” he added. Female veterans fear the progress made for women in combat since then will be reversed after U.S. president-elect Donald Trump announced Pete Hegseth this week as his pick for secretary of defense – a Fox News host and Army veteran who has criticized efforts to allow women into combat roles.U.S.
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