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A giant rocky raft is drifting towards Australia to help restore the Great Barrier Reef

A huge raft of volcanic rock has been spotted floating in the South Pacific Ocean, and it’s due to reach Australian waters in a matter of months. Strange as it sounds, this is good news – scientists ...
WUSA

'Raft' of volcanic rock the size of Manhattan is floating toward Australia

A "raft" of light, porous volcanic rock that's as big as the island of Manhattan is floating toward Australia, and it could spell relief for the embattled Great Barrier Reef. Satellite images provided ...
Fox2Now St. Louis

A giant pumice stone ‘raft’ floating in the Pacific could help heal Australia’s Great Barrier Reef

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. A “raft” of floating pumice rock the size of ...
NPR

Giant Pumice Raft Floating Toward Australia Could Help Replenish Great Barrier Reef

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 large as ...
NPR

Pumice Raft Floating Toward Australia May Have Environmental Benefits

A giant mass of volcanic rock larger than the size of Manhattan is drifting toward Australia. Scientists hope it could help replenish the Great Barrier Reef. Now to what is being called a raft of ...
WGBH

Giant Pumice Raft Floating Towards Australia Could Help Replenish Great Barrier Reef

A massive raft made of pumice stones is floating towards Australia, carrying marine organisms that scientists say could help replenish Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Some of the stones are as large ...