The UNESCO World Heritage Committee recommends that Australia’s Great Barrier Reef be included in the list of in danger .
It was suggested that it be added to the list due to the impact of Climate-change”>Climate Change.
It is the world’s most extensive and spectacular coral reef ecosystem, with over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands.
The coral reef is located in the Coral Sea (Northeast Coast) off the coast of Queensland, Australia.
It can be seen from outer space and is the world’s largest single structure composed of living organisms.
This coral reef structure is made up of billions of tiny organisms called coral polyps.
Polyps are microscopic, soft-bodied organisms.
Coral reefs have a hard, protective limestone skeleton called a calicle at their base, which forms the structure of the reef.
There are tiny algae called zooxanthellae in the Tissues of these polyps. Corals and algae have a reciprocal (symbiotic) relationship.
In 1981, it was designated as UNESCO’s World Heritage Site.