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2020-08-22 Science

Floating pumice rock once twice the size of Manhattan sailed 1,900 miles across the Pacific to Australia bringing along organisms that could act as a 'vitamin shot' for the Great Barrier Reef that has lost half of its coral cover

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Posted by Skidmark 2020-08-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Gaia takes care of her own.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-08-22 09:56|| 2020-08-22 09:56|| Front Page Top

#2 Pumice mats drifting from Krakatoa made it all the way across the Indian Ocean to Mozambique. Had charred vegetation and many human skeletal remains on them.

Posted by ed in texas 2020-08-22 16:37|| 2020-08-22 16:37|| Front Page Top

#3 Don’t underestimate 2020, odds are the stone will crash through the reef and sink Australia.

Posted by Rjschwarz 2020-08-22 17:56|| 2020-08-22 17:56|| Front Page Top

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