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Scientists are taking the public with them to study the world’s coral reefs, thanks to 360 degree panoramas from Google’s underwater street-view format. Results from this pioneering project, which will allow ecologists to harness people power to discover how coral reefs are responding to climate change, will be presented at INTECOL, the world’s largest international ecology meeting, in London this week…
“Only 1% of humanity has ever dived on a coral reef and by making the experience easily accessible the survey will help alert millions of people around the world to the plight of coral reefs,” said Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg of the University of Queensland leads the research associated with the Catlin Seaview Survey…
