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Finding Nemo just got a lot easier with 360 degree Google ReefView
Courier Mail
20 August 2013
EXPLORE Australia's majestic Great Barrier Reef without getting wet, saying hello to Nemo, Dory and chums via an underwater Google Maps tour.
Scientists are taking the public with them to study the world's coral reefs, thanks to 360 degree panoramas from Google's underwater street-view format. Results from this pioneering project - which will allow ecologists to harness people power to discover how coral reefs are responding to climate change - will be presented at INTECOL, the world's largest international ecology meeting, in London this week. Read more
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