Unravelling the mystery of green doughnuts on the Great Barrier Reef
In this multidisciplinary study of the area, under a fact-finding project named HALO, a team of Australian and international scientists set out aboard the CSIRO research vessel RV Investigator to understand how these sometimes near-perfect rings formed over the past 12,000 years of the Holocene, their importance as reef habitats and their role in cycling chemicals.
Professor Jody Webster from the University of Sydney’s School of Geosciences led the team of researchers to investigate these mysterious structures.
“The major objective of the HALO project, and the voyage, is to better understand these enigmatic structures by mapping and sampling them in breathtaking detail,” said Professor Webster.
In this multidisciplinary study of the area, under a fact-finding project named HALO, a team of Australian and international scientists set out aboard the CSIRO research vessel RV Investigator to understand how these sometimes near-perfect rings formed over the past 12,000 years of the Holocene, their importance as reef habitats and their role in cycling chemicals.
Professor Jody Webster from the University of Sydney’s School of Geosciences led the team of researchers to investigate these mysterious structures.
“The major objective of the HALO project, and the voyage, is to better understand these enigmatic structures by mapping and sampling them in breathtaking detail,” said Professor Webster.
