Australian floods spread to 40 towns, threaten Barrier Reef

–> Massive schools of fish are seen on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. The Reef is under threat from massive floods swamping the country’s northeast which are pouring harmful debris and sediment into the sea, an expert said on January 5, 2011. Australia’s disastrous floods have spread to 40 towns and are threatening the world-famous Great Barrier Reef as tonnes of sludge pour into the sea, officials and scientists said Wednesday. As anxious residents scrambled to build emergency levees and authorities counted billions of dollars in economic damage, researchers said the iconic reef’s corals could be damaged by run-off from Australia’s eastern coast. James Cook University researcher Michelle…

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Australian floods spread to 40 towns, threaten Barrier Reef

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