Sydney — Australian scientists found a detached coral reef on the Great Barrier Reef that exceeds the height of the Empire State Building and the Eiffel Tower, the Schmidt Ocean Institute said this week, the first such discovery in more than 100 years.
The “blade-like” reef is nearly 500m tall and 1.5km wide, said the institute founded by ex-Google boss Eric Schmidt and his wife Wendy. It lies 40m below the ocean surface and about 6km from the edge of the Great Barrier Reef...
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