
Ghost Reefs: Ancient Texts Reveal China's Lost Marine Worlds
By analysing 7,600 years of historical documents, researchers have uncovered a vast, forgotten ecosystem of oyster reefs along China's coastline. These records show that millennial-scale overexploitation and societal changes completely wiped out reefs stretching over 750 kilometres, a colossal loss previously unknown to modern science.
By Lau, Thomas, Williams, Thurstan, Hancock, Russell




