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Sailors encounter floating pumice 'raft' drifting across the Pacific Ocean
The massive pumice raft, shown in this August 13, 2019, photo, is over 20,000 football fields in size. It appeared only a few weeks ago, after a suspected underwater volcanic eruption near Tonga.
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Great Barrier Reef Could Be Helped By Giant Pumice Raft : NPR
A massive raft made of pumice stones is floating toward Australia, carrying marine organisms that scientists say could help replenish Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Some of the stones are as ...
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A giant pumice stone floating in the Pacific could help heal Australia’s Great Barrier Reef - CNN
A “raft” of floating pumice rock the size of Manhattan is drifting towards Australia, bringing along with it new marine life that could help with the recovery of the Great Barrier Reef’s ...
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Pumice raft floating in South Pacific after underwater volcano eruption - The Washington Post
“In this 150-odd square kilometers of pumice out there right now, there’s probably billions to trillions of pieces of pumice all floating together, and each piece of pumice is a vehicle for ...
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Floating pumice seeding Aussie reefs › News in Science (ABC Science) - ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Floating pumice seeding Aussie reefs. Friday, 20 July 2012 Stephen Pincock ABC. Pieces of pumice may be providing new life to Australia's iconic Great Barrier Reef (Source: Queensland University ...
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7,500 Square Miles Of Pumice Floating In Pacific Is 'Weirdest Thing I've Seen'
Nearly 300 miles long and about 35 miles wide, a floating raft of pumice in the South Pacific Ocean is "the wierdest thing I've seen in 18 years at sea," says Royal Australian Navy Lt. Tim Oscar.
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In Photos: A Floating 'Island' of Rocks | Live Science
On Aug. 9, the HMNZS Canterbury, a Royal New Zealand Air Force ship, observed a stretch of floating pumice, measuring a whopping 300 miles (482 kilometers) in length and more than 30 miles (48 km ...
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Solving the mystery of floating rocks
Floating pumice can also be a hazard for boats, as the ashy mixture of ground-up pumice can clog engines. “The question of floating pumice has been around the literature for a long time, and it hadn’t ...
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A giant pumice stone floating in the Pacific could help heal Australia’s Great Barrier Reef | CNN - CNN International
A “raft” of floating pumice rock the size of Manhattan is drifting towards Australia, bringing along with it new marine life that could help with the recovery of the Great Barrier Reef’s ...
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A giant pumice stone ‘raft’ floating in the Pacific could help heal Australia’s Great Barrier Reef - WGNO
A “raft” of floating pumice rock the size of Manhattan is drifting towards Australia, bringing along with it new marine life that could help with the recovery of the Great Barrier Reef’s ...
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A giant pumice stone ‘raft’ floating in the Pacific could help heal Australia’s Great Barrier Reef - FOX43
A “raft” of floating pumice rock the size of Manhattan is drifting towards Australia, bringing along with it new marine life that could help with the recovery of the Great Barrier Reef’s ...