Posted on December, 20 2010
Preliminary results from an expedition in the seas off Sabah, Malaysia have uncovered a huge diversity of marine life, says WWF. The three-week study also found that this part of the Coral Triangle might be the most biologically diverse area of our planet.
Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia: Preliminary results from an expedition in the seas off Sabah, Malaysia have uncovered a huge diversity of marine life, says WWF. The three-week study also found that this part of the Coral Triangle might be the most biologically diverse area of our planet.
Yet lurking behind this superlative assessment of Semporna’s reefs, researchers also found telltale signs of coral degradation and increasing human pressure on the marine environment.
Eighteen scientists from Malaysia, the Netherlands and the United States spent three weeks examining Semporna’s famed coral reefs, which are located off the coast of the island of Borneo.