A landmark study used ancient reef cores to deliver insight into the reef's responses to sea-level shifts.
A landmark study used ancient reef cores to deliver insight into the reef's responses to sea-level shifts.
An international expedition including University of Sydney researchers pieced together the clearest picture yet of how the Great Barrier Reef responded to dramatic environmental change over the past 30,000 years. Multiple studies since the expedition more than 10 years ago traced the reef’s retreat, regrowth and repeated collapse from the last ice age to the dawn of the modern reef.
Published in Marine Geology, a review paper has synthesised nearly 20 years of research stemming from the landmark Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Expedition 325. This major international collaboration recovered fossil reef records from the outer Great Barrier Reef in 2010, bringing together specialists in reef geology, paleoecology, geochemistry, geophysics and climate science.
The expedition has led to more than 50 research papers from 40 institutions in 12 countries.
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