http://inhabitat.com/australian-government-acts-to-prevent-permanent-damage-to-great-barrier-reef/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Wed, 22 May 2013 16:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://inhabitat.com/australian-government-acts-to-prevent-permanent-damage-to-great-barrier-reef/comment-page-1/#comment-339316 lazyreader Tue, 31 May 2011 12:30:48 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=257091#comment-339316 The idea is that a forest is no different from a lawn, very unassuming when seen from above. Coral reefs are constructed by animals. The Polyps grow by depositing minerals beneath itself. So most of the reefs mass is inorganic mineral deposits; Inhabitat should have done it's research. Yes many features of nature are visible from orbit, such as the Grand Canyon, Amazon, the Reef, and other features but really that depends on magnification or resolution. The idea is that a forest is no different from a lawn, very unassuming when seen from above. Coral reefs are constructed by animals. The Polyps grow by depositing minerals beneath itself. So most of the reefs mass is inorganic mineral deposits; Inhabitat should have done it’s research. Yes many features of nature are visible from orbit, such as the Grand Canyon, Amazon, the Reef, and other features but really that depends on magnification or resolution.

]]> http://inhabitat.com/australian-government-acts-to-prevent-permanent-damage-to-great-barrier-reef/comment-page-1/#comment-339103 salad_days Mon, 30 May 2011 17:32:03 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=257091#comment-339103 Not sure where this "only living thing visible from space" comes from. A reef is no more a single "living thing" than a forrest, and plenty of those are visible from space (the Amazon...). Not sure where this “only living thing visible from space” comes from. A reef is no more a single “living thing” than a forrest, and plenty of those are visible from space (the Amazon…).

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