✉news EnvironmentOceans first seen 10 h ago, last 8 h ago, peak #22
Massive floating pumice raft carried millions of creatures across the ocean
Original: It looked like a Cadbury Wispa chocolate bar, was twice the size of Manhattan and travelled 3,000km, transporting millions of animals across the ocean
Scientists have described a vast floating raft of volcanic pumice, roughly twice the size of Manhattan, that drifted 3,000km across the Pacific while carrying millions of marine animals such as barnacles and corals. Its bubbly, honeycomb texture earned it comparisons to a Cadbury Wispa chocolate bar. Researchers say such rafts may help species colonise new reefs and could even have played a role in the origins of life on Earth.
Why now: The striking size of the pumice raft and its role in transporting marine life across the ocean has captured public fascination.
Pacific OceanBBC Wildlife Magazine
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- It looked like a Cadbury Wispa chocolate bar, was twice the size of Manhattan and travelled 3,000km, transporting millions of animals across the ocean · BBC Wildlife Magazine
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