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    Giant Pumice Raft Floating Towards Australia Could Help Replenish Great Barrier Reef

    An underwater volcano is thought to have produced a sheet of pumice that stretches 58 square miles.
    by Shannon Van Sant Aug 25, 2019 1 minute
    NASA's Terra satellite captured the mass of floating pumice rock on August 13.

    A massive raft made of pumice stones is floating towards Australia, carrying marine organisms that scientists say could help replenish Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

    Some of the stones are as large as basketballs, and have formed a giant sheet stretching

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