China releases report on rare coral reef blue hole in Huangyan Dao
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment released a report on a blue hole in Huangyan Dao in the South China Sea on Thursday, which said the rare coral reef-formed feature is the first of its kind identified in China.
The opening of the blue hole covers an area of about 1,491.7 square meters and has a maximum diameter of 56.3 meters. It is 16.6 meters deep, with a funnel-shaped internal structure, a narrow bottom and distinct layers in water turbidity, according to the report.
Preliminary geochronological studies indicate that the blue hole was formed at least 3,200 years ago.
The report also noted that the blue hole and its surrounding waters are rich in biodiversity.
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
