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Sulla costa settentrionale della Papua Nuova Guinea vi è un’antichissima scala di corallo che si innalza verso il cielo per circa un chilometro. Ogni gradino è quel che resta dell’antica barriera corallina, che un tempo impreziosiva i fondali del Mare di Bismarck.
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Tuniz, C., Gillespie, R., Jones, C. (2010). Stairway to Heaven: la scala di corallo. In: I lettori di ossa. I blu. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1198-4_5
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