Coral bigger than Empire State Building found in Great Barrier Reef

Published Oct 27 2020 at 1:31 PM GMT

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A 1,640-foot coral reef that’s taller than the Empire State Building was just discovered in the Great Barrier Reef — the first of its kind found in more than a century.
The skyscraper-sized coral was unearthed during underwater mapping on Oct.
20 by Australian scientists aboard Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor, which is on.