The BBC reported 17 June that the United States is to create the largest marine protected area in the world in the middle of the Pacific.
The report says an existing area known as the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument will be extended to create the new area, and “fishing and drilling would be banned from an area that could eventually cover two million sq km.”
Read the report at www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-27890072
Incidentally, it is well worth watching the video clip of coral reefs filmed using time-lapse photography.
