Mapping the undersea landscape of the reef
Mapping the undersea landscape of the reef Four researchers on a boat, despite the pandemic. Overview of Sykes Reef on the Great Barrier Reef from RV Falkor multibeam data. Credit: SOI About 160 kilometres off the Queensland coast, the RV Falkor is exploring the deep blue waters of the southern Great Barrier Reef in search of drowned worlds. The research vessel – operated by the Schmidt Ocean Institute – is nearing the end of a month-long expedition to map undersea features that formed during the last Ice Age, to help us better understand today’s rapidly changing reef environment. Mard...
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