{"id":33996,"date":"2026-06-25T10:12:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T10:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=33996"},"modified":"2026-06-25T10:12:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T10:12:55","slug":"china-releases-report-on-rare-coral-reef-blue-hole-in-huangyan-dao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=33996","title":{"rendered":"China releases report on rare coral reef blue hole in Huangyan Dao"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> China&#8217;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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Preliminary geochronological studies indicate that the blue hole was formed at least 3,200 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report also noted that the blue hole and its surrounding waters are rich in biodiversity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reference Link:- <a href=\"https:\/\/english.news.cn\/20260625\/d6bc06fba664439598755cea371e22b5\/c.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/english.news.cn\/20260625\/d6bc06fba664439598755cea371e22b5\/c.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China&#8217;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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11008,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[2307,10675,2076,26995,30993,24155],"class_list":["post-33996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sample-category","tag-china-3","tag-ecology-2","tag-economy-2","tag-huangyan-dao","tag-rare-coral","tag-south-china-sea-2","post_format-post-format-aside"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33996"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33997,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33996\/revisions\/33997"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}